Analysis of Her Eyes Say Yes
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
Her eyes say Yes, her lips say No.
Ah, tell me, Love, when she denies,
Shall I believe the lips or eyes?
Bid eyes no more dissemble,
Or lips too tremble
The way her heart would go!
Love may be vowed by lips, although
Cold truth, in unsurrendering eyes,
The armistice of lips denies.
But can fond eyes dissemble,
Or false lips tremble
To this soft Yes in No?
| Scheme | ABBCCA ABBCCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110111 11111101 11010111 1111010 11110 010111 1111111 11011 01001101 1111010 11110 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 355 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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