Analysis of Eyes Like Flies



Eyes like flies,
Hovering, defecating where they land,
The unwanted glance,
The undesirable stare,
Returned with the same refuted look.
Attracted by the paradox of beauty and disgust.
Then shooed and swatted,
Keep me from this undesirable nuisance.
The hunt for the pest ensues,
The aggravated assailant, seeking to rid himself of his plague.
No where safe to hide but the tint of glass.
The spy in the shadows, peering where he may so choose.
His habitat where he is at home.
Untouchable, unreachable,
Until the next reason arises for the eyes must become flies.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKILMA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (27%)
Metre 111 1001111 00101 001001 011010101 0101010110001 11010 1111010010 0110101 0100010101101111 1111110111 010011011111 11011111 01000100 0101100101011011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 565
Words 109
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 450
Words per stanza (avg) 95

About this poem

I wrote this poem in the summer of 2010, I had thought about going back and adding more, but I liked the way it turned out.

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Written on July 06, 2010

Submitted by JeremyBogucki on December 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jeremy Bogucki

Jeremy Bogucki is an Aspiring author, film critic, and video game designer. Jeremy's poem "Girl From Yesterday" was published on Poetry.com in 2004. more…

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