This is an analysis of the poem Silence that begins with:
My father used to say,
"Superior people never make long visits,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXXXbXXaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 110101 100010101110 10011001 10110110 1010101 11010100 01011101011001 10101101 110101 11110100 0101011101010 10101100 1111010101011110 1111000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 542
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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.
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