This is an analysis of the poem Silence that begins with:
When I was cub reporter I
Would interview the Great,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abababaX cbXbdXdX ececfafa egeghehe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 110101 10111101 101101 11011101 010111 101110101 01100 11001101 110011 11011100 010101 11111111 110111 111110111 100100 11000101 100001 11010111 010001 11010101 111101 01110111 1111 11000101 111101 01010101 110101 01010101 110111 01010100 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Silence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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