HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES

SYNOPSIS


The poem is about a persona, a lady who fell for the wrong man. She was fascinated with his ‘quiet eyes’ and believed that his eyes showed his true emotion and feelings for her. The man’s eyes had the power to charm her and made her believe him and be nice to him.


However, the man was actually a ‘pleasure seeking man’, a flirt. As the lady was truly fascinated and charmed by the man, she did not listen or did not want to listen to any advice concerning the man’s true behaviour. In the end, she realized her error and was broken hearted.


THEME


•Betrayal of love
•Personal experiences
•Relationships that are meaningful



MORAL VALUES


•Don’t be naive and believe everything we are told especially in matters of the heart.
•We must be careful when choosing friends.
•Falling in love is normal but one should be careful.
•We must learn from the experience of other people.



TONE, MOOD, ATMOSPHERE

•Reflective
•Sad and happy
•Sympathetic



POINT OF VIEW

•Second and third person points of view



LANGUAGE & STYLE

•Simple and easy to understand
•Simple style with rhyming scheme



POETIC DEVICES

•Imagery – e.g. ‘pools of lies’, ‘layered in thinnest ice’
•Symbol – e.g ‘quiet eyes’, ‘dice’
•Alliteration – e.g ‘lies layered’
•Personification – e.g The eyes were ‘breathing the desolate sighs’ as though he was talking charmingly to her.