This is an analysis of the poem My Guitar Is Silent Now that begins with:
My guitar is silent now.
Because you've gone away......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDDeAFEGE eACdHBeAIeAB ABCDDeAIeAB AFEGE eACdHB eAIeAB eAIeAB ABeXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,12,11,5,6,6,6,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 011101 11 1101 11110101 1 1010101 101001011 010110 0100 11010 1 1010101 11010101 1 111001 0111110 1 11111 10101111110 1 11111 11010001001 1010101 011101 11 1101 11110101 1 11111 10101111110 1 11111 11010001001 1010101 101001011 010110 0100 11010 1 1010101 11010101 1 111001 0111110 1 11111 10101111110 1 11111 11010001001 1 11111 10101111110 1 11111 11010001001 11111 11010001001 1 101 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, woe are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, my are repeated.
The author used the same words my, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of My Guitar Is Silent Now;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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