This is an analysis of the poem Once My Silence Held You Spellbound that begins with:

You wouldn't discuss me because my suffering
was not theoretical enough. Enough. Enough. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb cXXdeXcefdXXXccfa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011011100 1110100010101 011111010001 11010001 11111111 11100010 1101011010 111001111 11101 110101111 11010010 11001001 1101011101010 10111100101 1101101010 10101010 1011110101 01111101 111110010 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; enough, i, can, them are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, that are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines enough is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase enough connects the lines.

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  • summary of Once My Silence Held You Spellbound;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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