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He Had Such Quiet Eyes by Bibsy Soenharjo

He Had Such Quiet Eyes by Bibsy Soenharjo

He had such quiet eyes

She did not realise

They were two pools of lies

Layered with thinnest ice

To her, those quiet eyes

Were breathing desolate sighs

Imploring her to be nice

And to render him paradise

If only shed been wise

And had listened to the advice

Never to compromise

With pleasure-seeking guys

Shed be free from the hows and whys

Now heres a bit of advice

Be sure that nice really nice

Then youll never be losing at dice

Though you lose your heart once or twice

SYNOPSIS

This poem is about a lady who falls in love with the wrong man. She is fascinated with his

eyes that seem to lure him to give him paradise. The man has a pair of quiet eyes that she does

not realise they are not that quiet. As she is charmed by the eyes, she does not listen to the

advice given by other people who are concerned with her behaviour. In the end, she realises

her mistakes and is broken hearted.

THEME

Betrayal of love

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Personal experiences

Relationships that are meaningful

MORAL VALUES

Dont be naive and believe everything we are told especially in matters of the heart.

Be wise when choosing friends.

Falling in love is normal but one should be careful.

We must learn from the experience of other people.

We should be very careful not to give in our principle in order to please other people.

TONE, MOOD, ATMOSPHERE

Refelective 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

MEANING OF WORDS

sighs long, deep audible breaths

eyes a pair of organs of sight

advice guidance

desolate unhappy and uninhabited

pleasure-seeking looking for a feeling of happy satisfaction

dice a small cube with each side having a different number ranging from 1 to 6

layered arranged in layers

lies intentional false statements

realise become aware

compromise agree

paradise heaven

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render provide or give help

imploring begging desperately

wise having knowledge and good judgement