HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES

ELEMENTS OF THE POEM

Meaning of the Poem:

Stanza 1
LITERAL MEANING

FIGURATIVE MEANING

The persona, a young

innocent girl is falling in
love with a charming
man. She trusted him
very much. His eyes
looks so sincere and the
girl did not realize that
the man would betray
her. The man begged the
girl to accept him and
surrender herself wholly;
her heart, soul and body.

In our life, we have to go

through and get involve
in all walks of life and all
sorts of human character.
Sometimes
we
got
cheated by their sincere
looking and action.

Meaning of the Poem:

Stanza 2
LITERAL MEANING

FIGURATIVE MEANING

The persona experiences betrayal

of her feelings of love and belief
in the mans sincerity. She
realizes that she should have
listened to advices. If she was,
she would be burdened with the
how and why now.

There are people who just

pretend. They betray those that
put their trust on him/her. Either
it be in social or business
relationship. Listening too musch
to them caused problems to
ourselves.

Meaning of the Poem:

Stanza 3
LITERAL MEANING

FIGURATIVE MEANING

Young ladies must be careful We should be more well prepared

before getting involve in a in our life. All along our journey,
relationship.
we tend to make mistakes. Learn
from it and dont repeat the same
mistake again

Theme
1. Betrayal of love
The man make the girl to put her trust
and love on him but he betrayed her
2. Personal experiences
The girl shares her personal
experiences with others.
3. Relationship that meaningful
These relationship can be cultivated if
one is careful and wise in every
decision they make

Moral Values
1. Dont be nave and believe in
everything that you see and hear
2. We must be careful when making
friends.
3. Falling in love is normal but we
must always be careful.
4. Learn from mistakes and from
peoples experiences.

Mood and Atmosphere

1. The mood is reflective as the
persona
is
reflecting
her
experiences in being betrayed.
2. The atmosphere is a mixture of
sadness and happiness. Sadness
due to betrayal and happiness
because she knew the truth about
the real intention of the man.

Tone
The poet is understanding and
sympathetic to the girl.
The poet gives advices to the rest of
the girls.

Point of View
The poem is in the third point of
view.
Evidences;
He
She
Her
him

Language and Style

Simple and easy to understand

Rhyme Scheme
The poem has three stanzas.
Stanza 1 gives the situation.
Stanza 2 relates causes from Stanza
1
Stanza 3 gives a closure to Stanza 1
and 2 in the form of advice.
The rhyming situation is a,a,a,a
with the last word of every line