This is an analysis of the poem The Singing Silences that begins with:

WHILE the yellow constellations shine with pale and tender glory,
In the lilac-scented stillness let us listen to earth’s story. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXXddbXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1010101010111010 0011101011100110 1010110101010101 101011101011011 101010101011101 111011101010101 1111111010111010 101011101011101 101010100010101 0110101010100111 101110101010100 111000101001000 11100101010101010 1010101010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 919
  • Average number of words per stanza: 155
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Singing Silences;
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