Analysis of In A Golden Eye
Do you have to become what you observe
to really understand
To claim a new identity,
your psyche contraband
Must you pass straight through the mirror,
reflections left behind
To truly know what lies beyond
—whose essence you must find
(Bryn Mawr College: January, 2021)
| Scheme | XA BA XC XC B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011101 11001 11010100 11010 11111010 010101 11011101 110111 11010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 263 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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