This is an analysis of the poem Les Yeux that begins with:

Bleus ou noirs, tous aimés, tous beaux,
Des yeux sans nombre ont vu l'aurore ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXb XXXX XXXX XXXX AXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 111111110 11011110 100111111 11110111 1011111 1101010 111111101 110110001 111011100 1111111 11101100 1111010 110111100 11001110 1111110010 1111111 1010110 011110 11101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; les is repeated.

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

  • summary of Les Yeux;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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