This is an analysis of the poem Stay Silent To Survive that begins with:

Stay silent to survive.
People cannot stand to hear the truth....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbc dccC bacX adXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001 101010101 111110110 110101110 11010010 10110 1100010 1101010 11001 110100110 110101001 1111010011 101011 101101 111001010 1100100110 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Stay Silent To Survive;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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