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

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

render provide or give help imploring begging desperately wise having knowledge and good judgement