Analysis of Her Eyes Twin Pools
James Weldon Johnson 1871 (Jacksonville) – 1938 (Wiscasset)
Her eyes, twin pools of mystic light,
The blend of star-sheen and black night;
O'er which, to sound their glamouring haze,
A man might bend, and vainly gaze.
Her eyes, twin pools so dark and deep,
In which life's ancient mysteries sleep;
Wherein, to seek the quested goal,
A man might plunge, and lose his soul.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111101 01111011 10111111 01110101 01111101 011101001 0111011 01110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 312 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 239 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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