This is an analysis of the poem Voice Of The Voiceless that begins with:

I am the Voice of the Voiceless
Through me the dumb shall speak ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdXXdXeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010010 110111 101110101 0100101 111010010 111101 010110111 0101111 0101010 010101 01011010101 00100101 11111010 111111 11011111 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 560
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, from, and are repeated.

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