This is an analysis of the poem The Silence Of Plants that begins with:

The Silence of Plants
A one-sided relationship is developing quite well between you and me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXc def eggb hfcg aaXijbea XiaX idgce hiXj hXXc f X XX XX XXX XXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,4,4,8,4,5,4,4,1,1,2,2,3,4,4,5,4,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001 01100101001001101111 1110110101111 111110010101010 111010001010 11011101 11101111 11111 1010100 1010010110111 111111 1011101010 110001001001 01001101010 101010101 11011010 111011 0111101 11110100011 1011110110 10111 11001111 110010 11110011111 10001111 1111 1111100100 111111010 111001 111101 011110 0111011101 101100 11110 101110100101 100111100 010100101010 10100 1000101 101110 10100100 1010 1000100101010 10011100 1110110110100 1111101100100110010 1010100111000 110010110 0110111001 111100 110100 1100100100000 0111100 11011 1001110100110 100110010110 101101001001 1100101111 11010101100100 1001111010 1001101111 0010110011000 100110010100 1010010100 11111 11011011000 1110001100100 10100100111 1101110 100100011100 1011110100 111001110 100110100111000 1010010100 11000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, for, i, us, my, co, w are repeated.

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  • summary of The Silence Of Plants;
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