This is an analysis of the poem Why Are Eyes Opened Wide that begins with:
When he was 'selected' to lead,
Eight years ago....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbc dadd XXd Xadc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11110001 1001 1111010101 001101010 11101 111101 101101 0100 1111111101100 001111 10101100 0101 101111 010101 11011010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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