Analysis of As I look into your eyes

Kimberly 1997 (Farmingville)



   As I look into your eyes, the eyes that were passed down for generations. The eyes of the man who raised me and my twin sister as his own.
The man who I would draw in kindergarten when asked to draw our fathers.
The man who was always there,
At every play, every birthday.
   As I look into your eyes, I see the waves of the blue sea. I see the story’s that you told me of your time in the navy. I see nothing but the ocean. The ocean that goes on forever.
   When I look into your eyes, i see your love, I see your grief, I see your pain. I see my pop-pop.
You ask me who I am.
You ask me who you are.
You’re lost.
Lost at sea


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJ
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Metre 111011101101110100110111101110111 011111010011111010 011111 110011001 11101111101101111011111111001011101010010111010 111011111111111111111111 111111 111111 11 111
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 638
Words 142
Sentences 14
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 47
Words per line (avg) 13
Letters per stanza (avg) 466
Words per stanza (avg) 133

About this poem

This poem is about dementia.

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Written on June 23, 2022

Submitted by Phelan_kimberly on June 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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