This is an analysis of the poem Silence that begins with:
There is the sudden silence of the crowd
above a player not moving on the field,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bXa cdd cbX Xdc baX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001010001 01010110101 10100010 01000101 010101 01000110011001 010001101000 010001 10100011001001 0101111011 0100010011 10101111101 1100100010 11110011 010111111 11100010001 010011101 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; silence, of, it, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Silence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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