This is an analysis of the poem Silence And Stealth Of Days that begins with:

Silence, and stealth of days! 'tis now
Since thou art gone, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddededfdfebebbbbbdfdfdede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 1111 110101101 1111 11101111 1001 10010101 0101 11000111 1101 11010101 1001 11110101 10110 11111001 11110 11111101 1101 11010101 1001 11111001 1101 11101101 1111 11110111 11010 11010101 10110 11111111 1111 10010111 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 909
  • Average number of words per stanza: 172
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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