This is an analysis of the poem As Far As My Eye Can See In My Body’s Senses that begins with:

All the trees all their branches all of their leaves
The grass at the foot of the rocks and the houses en masse...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXCbXbCXXaC Xc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10111101011 01101001101011 11011111 110001101 0100101010 00100011001011 110101111001000 1010001011101 0100101010 01001001001110 0010010100010 0101001101010 0100101010 101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of As Far As My Eye Can See In My Body’s Senses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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