Opened Are The Eyes by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Opened Are The Eyes that begins with:

Opened are the eyes,
Returning from trips......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcaaXc AccXddb AeXXXEAeXdaEAe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 01001 101 1101010 110101010 101101 0110 10101 101010101 110111010 010010001 10101 010101 0100101001 10101 1110110001 1000100011 1000100111 10101111 1010100101 1000101110110 01 11 10100011 1010100101 1000101110110 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, pointless are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word pointless is repeated.

    The author used the same word opened at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Opened Are The Eyes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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