This is an analysis of the poem Whispers Heard Undisturbed that begins with:

Evil people continue to quietly sneak with a creeping,
To ride upon the backs of those afraid of consciousness......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXb aXbXX bbXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1010010010010010 01010101010100 001000101 1101011101101 0011101010100110 0101001010 101111010101 11001000101010 111101010010101 100110101 11001101101010 011101011101010 00101010010101010 0111001000101010 01011111010110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, with, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Whispers Heard Undisturbed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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