This is an analysis of the poem Sotto Voce that begins with:

To Edward Thomas
The haze of noon wanned silver-grey,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababbbcdcd efef ebebcXcgddhhhhdhhdbabaddgdgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,4,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010 010110101 01010001 011100001 11010101 1001011111 101000111 1101100111 01110111 10101001 101101 110111001 11100111 1111101 01001001 111101011 10011111 110100101 010010101 11000101 11001100 00011101 110100 01110111 01011101 100010111 11110101 11010111 01111101 010101011 01110101 110001001 110001 110110101 11111111 10110101 100101 110010011 110100011 1101101 111101 111101111 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 Sotto Voce;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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