This is an analysis of the poem Silencing The Sobbing that begins with:
There is talk of those deserting,
On battlefields where soldiers are serving....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABB cbXXc dcddd ebX ceebeeef gchfhcge AABB XcbXfbceeecc fhahiddXh iibfcf AABB Xeeab feieeXeghe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,3,8,8,4,12,9,6,4,5,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101100 1101110110 100101011 001010111100 10101111001 011101011101 1100100101 110110010100 11000011110001 110010010100 010010010 110011111100 11101001000 101010100100 1 11101110 101 110111 010001110 1010001 011101 0110011 110100101 10001 110111101 11101 110100100101 0101000110001 111101111 101110111010 0010101 111 11111101 10101100 1101110110 100101011 001010111100 1110101011 11101011 1110010101 111010111 110101100111 1110110 1101101001 110111 101010 001111010101 11111 011101 11001101 01011001001 101010110 111001 1001010 00110100 10010100 1010100 110011101 111010 101110 11101 1101 10101101 110110000100001 10101100 1101110110 100101011 001010111100 110101 0010101 0100111101 011101110 111000101 11000100101 10100010 1010110010 010101010111 11010010110100 1110101 111101 111010101 1101010001010 10010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 83
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; to, guess, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words guess, and, as are repeated.
The author used the same words there, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Silencing The Sobbing;
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