This is an analysis of the poem The Speech Of Silence that begins with:
The solemn Sea of Silence lies between us;
I know thou livest, and them lovest me,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b c b a d e d c b X b X f e f e a g a g f aXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010101011 1111010101 11111111110 0101010101 011101001010 1101110111 11011101010 0101100001 11010011010 1111110101 11001100010 1101001111 11011101100 1111110111 01010010110 0101010111 11011101110 0101110100 11010101010 0101110101 11010101010 1101011111 11110101010 11010100001
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 43
- Average number of words per stanza: 8
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; so is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word too is repeated.
The author used the same word too at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Speech Of Silence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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