This is an analysis of the poem His Silence that begins with:
He still wears the glass skin of childhood.
Under his hands, the stones turn mirrors....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaa XbX aa XXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,2,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011011 100101110 0111 1101001 1101001010 11011111 11101010100 111010100 1011001 101101100 1011110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines silences is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of His Silence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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