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

I told her I loved her and begged but a word,
One dear little word, that would be... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaB abaB abab XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011011101 11101110 11111011101 1100111 11101111111 11111001 11001001001 1100111 11001001001 111011101 11001001101 1100111 110101011000 111011101 11111011111 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; word, i, her, she are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word she at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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