This is an analysis of the poem Silentium that begins with:

She has not yet been born:
she is music and word,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bbbb ccXX dbbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 101011 111010 100101 100101 101101 101111 0010111 11101 0010010 10101010 10101 11110101 101111001 1101100 001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more 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 Silentium;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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