This is an analysis of the poem Golden Silence that begins with:

A word out of season
Of vapid unreason... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbbb ccdeed ffeaae cXghhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010 010100 11101001011 1011010 001110 01101101011 110110 110110 11011101011 010010 100010 01001011001 011010 111010 11001001011 110010 110010 01101001101 111110 110110 01101001101 1110010 011010 01011111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Golden Silence;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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