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

Sweet are the silent places of the earth,
Green heart of woods through which no wind doth pass,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc acca effeXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010001 1101111111 1101110101 1101010111 1101010111 1001010101 1101010111 1010111011 0101100101 1101010101 0111010101 0101110111 1011110111 1110010101 11010000101 0101010101 1101001101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Silent Places;
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  • history of its creation;
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