Analysis of The Eyes
Roberto Suarez Torres 1983 (New York)
There are these eyes that loom,
what sprints like summer sweat
from the cliff when it blooms,
to grey skies, and each tomb:
wings, two thick lashes net.
| Scheme | ABCAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 111111 111101 101111 111011 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 152 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on February 01, 2022
Submitted by robertrad2021 on February 01, 2022
Modified by robertrad2021 on December 08, 2023
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