This is an analysis of the poem Reticence that begins with:
We may not babble unto alien ears
The truth revealed, nor show to heedless eyes ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaababacdcdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11110101001 0101110101 01001010111 1111010101 11111100101 10001111111 0110001101 1101010101 1101110111 01010101110 11001000001 11111011010 1111111100 0101100110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 611
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
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- summary of Reticence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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