This is an analysis of the poem Why Silent? that begins with:
Why am I silent from year to year?
Needs must I sing on these blue March days?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababa cdcdc bebeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 111100101 111111111 101111111 10101110101 11111 1111111111 011111001 10110001001 110100101 001001 1110111101 1100101100 1110111001 10100100111 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; i is repeated.
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