Analysis of For Ariva
Edwin Arlington Robinson 1869 – 1935
You Eyes, you large and all-inquiring Eyes.
That look so dubiously into me,
And are not satisfied with what you see,
Tell me the worst and let us have no lies:
Tell me the meaning of your scrutinies.
And of myself. Am I a Mystery?
Am I a Boojum--or just Company?
What do you say? What do you think, You Eyes?
You say not; but you think, without a doubt;
And you have the whole world to think about,
With very little time for little things.
So let it be; and let it all be fair--
For you, and for the rest who cannot share
Your gold of unrevealed awakenings.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101001 1111011 011101111 1101011111 11010111 011110100 110111100 1111111111 1111110101 0110111101 1101011101 1111011111 1101011101 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 564 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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