This is an analysis of the poem With Your Eyes Fixed On Me that begins with:
Why with your eyes fixed on me,
And my every step....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdb adXdXbc efefca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011111 111001 001001101 11010101101 1101010101 11011111 00101010100 000100010100 110010111 11101100110 00101101 10 111000100 111010001 01000110100 00110101 111010011001 110111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; with, you, to are repeated.
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