This is an analysis of the poem She Mentioned Nothing About Your Eyes that begins with:

Daddy?
Mommy asked me to ask you......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX XbX aXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 1011011 10110 1 1010111110 011111111 1 110101011 111110101 01011110 1110100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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

  • summary of She Mentioned Nothing About Your Eyes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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