This is an analysis of the poem When I Opened My Eyes that begins with:
I opened my eyes,
And determined I would only see Sun....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbba XcXddcXab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11011 1010111011 110111101 10100011011 11000111101 1101111100101 11101111101 110001011101 101011001111000 1010011010011111 110111011 11010001011 111011 1011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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, my, i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of When I Opened My Eyes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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