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 |
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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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