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

I'm just an ordinary chap
Who comes home to his tea,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc debeecec fbfdgcgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 111001 11011101 110101 11111111 110101 11111101 1111 11010100 110101 11110001 110111 01111101 000101 10110111 1111 11010101 110111 11110011 111100 11110101 110101 10110111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word round at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Silent Ones;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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