This is an analysis of the poem Silence! that begins with:
Silence!
That is all that is left, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcaddXdefdagfhfhdXidababjkkbdbXiddicdafdaddjdhaagebgibbfgdaedalgleigl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 70,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 101101 11110 10 111010 01010111 101010000 110110011 1111 1010 11101101 10 11100100111 1110 11 010101 10111101 100101101 101011010 111 1011111 10 10 10101 101111 1011011 0001011 0010101 100101 11010 01000101 01 10101 01110001 01001 11000101 111110 11001 10 011 01110111 10 00111010 0111 01101 101010 00101 1101 10 11101001 111110101 1101001 110101 110010 101 111010 110101 010111 10101 10 011 10111101 1101001010 110001 101 1001 1100101 0010111 1111 010110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1787
- Average number of words per stanza: 298
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; you is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Silence!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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