This is an analysis of the poem By The Time You Have Been Effectively Silenced that begins with:

By the time you have been effectively silenced...
You would have welcomed it yourself! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110010010 11110010 1100010010 1111010 1111 110010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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