Analysis of Silence
I saw a bear
Beside the road he
Ran up the mountain
In silence
Inside the car
We are not talking
There is no music
Just silence
Open the door
Breathe in the night air
Mountaintop creatures
All silent
I am screaming
Nothing can be heard
All that emerges
Is silence
| Scheme | ABCDEFGDHAIJFKLD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 01011 11010 010 0101 11110 11110 110 1001 10011 1010 110 1110 10111 11010 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 266 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Written on August 19, 2022
Submitted on August 19, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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