Analysis of Brown Eyes
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
Oh, brown Eyes with long black lashes,
Young brown Eyes,
Depths of night from which there flashes
Lightning as of summer skies,
Beautiful brown Eyes!
In your veiled mysterious splendour
Passion lies
Sleeping, but with sudden tender
Dreams that fill with vague surmise
Beautiful brown Eyes.
All my soul, with yearning shaken,
Asks in sighs--
Who will see your heart awaken,
Love's divine sunrise
In those young brown Eyes?
| Scheme | ababB cbcbB dbdbb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
| Metre | 11111110 111 11111110 1011101 10011 01101001 101 10111010 1111101 10011 11111010 101 11111010 1011 01111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 429 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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