This is an analysis of the poem What You Say that begins with:
My eyes,
Stay open wide and clear....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXcdec AFGBHbiXi DEiJD DEiD AFGBHjDEiJDXDEiD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,5,4,16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 110111 1011 11100010 11011110 011111001 0010101 11010100 110 11001 000111010 1111 1100011101 0001 1110010101 11110101101 11111011101 111 1101 10 1111 11010101 111 1101 10 11110101 110 11001 000111010 1111 1100011101 1 111 1101 10 1111 11010101 111 1101 10 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 What You Say;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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