This is an analysis of the poem In The Quietness that begins with:

Obtain that needed peace,
In the quietness that silence brings....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB CCD Decabc CCD Dec ABXcc aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,6,3,3,5,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101 001001101 11100101 00100011101 100110101 100110101 010 0101 11000101 10110010 010100100 11100101 00100011101 100110101 100110101 010 0010101 011101 001001101 110100101 11 001000100101 00100 1010010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; that, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word many is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines life is repeated).

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  • summary of In The Quietness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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