What Big Eyes You Have by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem What Big Eyes You Have that begins with:

If I left it to others,
To have faith and belief in 'my' efforts......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbdeddadXX aebXXX XaX cXb XXbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,6,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110010 0111010110 1110001 01000110100 1011 00100010011 011101001 110001001 101011101001 1011010100 011010001101 1010101011 00010000111011 1111110010 0111010101010 10101010100001110 0010011101011 0111011011101 01110111100 1 1001 111110 1111111 01111 011100 1111111 01 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

  • summary of What Big Eyes You Have;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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