This is an analysis of the poem Their Eyes Are Smiling that begins with:
Hungry are the people,
Who seek to rid their fences....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXCDB beffe aeddgbg ABXCDBeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 1101110 11010100 11010100 1101010 011001010 1010010 1100010 10001 010101 001001010 10101010 01011110 1101110 110010010 111101111 1111010100 11101001 101010 1101110 11010100 11010100 1101010 011001010 111110 101001001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Their Eyes Are Smiling;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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