This is an analysis of the poem The Voices that begins with:
The rich and fortunate do well to keep silent,
for no one cares to know who and what they are....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaaXaX X Xb b aX bX Xb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,2,1,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 011100110110 11110111111 110110101 11111 101010101 110110111 1110101 11110011010 11010011001 101101001011 110101001101 11111110010 01101001111 010100101100 1101110111 1010010011 0101101010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines blind is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Voices;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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