This is an analysis of the poem With Silent Lips that begins with:

I had intended to pour you a cup of tea.
With silent lips....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdXdbd bXcABabde edXbbbbX AXBabXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100110101 0101 101010 100111 111 0101 10101001 11101 1 00100010 00101 110100110101 0101 11101 10010 0111 001011 100110010 010001 1001001 1111 1101000010 110101010010 001110100 001110000 110100110101 1000 0101 111100101 1011010110 010110110 101000 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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  • summary of With Silent Lips;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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