This is an analysis of the poem Slaves Of Thy Shining Eyes that begins with:

SLAVES of thy shining eyes are even those
That diadems of might and empire bear;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcddc ececaffa fXfaXXXX fbXbgccg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011101 1100111001 1001101111 111100100101 11010101001 0111010101 11110001101 1111111101 1100010111 01011101010 1111011101 1101110111 11010001111 1101111101 0111011101 1101111101 1111011101 11111010101 0100110111 1111111101 1101010100 1111011011 1111010101 1101111111 1111111101 0101001101 1101111100 11100011101 1001000101 1001010111 1101011001 010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Slaves Of Thy Shining Eyes;
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  • history of its creation;
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