This is an analysis of the poem With Mine Eyes that begins with:
I know my life is lit by inner light,
Exciting my insight kept bright to cling......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXa CcXX CDEFFF eAEGb EbXd EAGB CDEFFFXeAGB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,6,5,4,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011101 0101111101 001101 001110 1101 11101 11111 00101001 01111101 11101 111001 10100100 11111111 01100 101001 011 1111010 1011 11010 1101 1011 1101 001 111001 1011 1111010 11010 111001 11101 111001 10100100 11111111 01100 101001 0011 1111010 11010 111001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same words day, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of With Mine Eyes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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