Analysis of Silence again

Helen Hunt Jackson 1830 (Amherst, Massachusetts) – 1885 (San Francisco)



Silence again. The glorious symphony
Hath need of pause and interval of peace.
Some subtle signal bids all sweet sounds cease,
Save hum of insects' aimless industry.
Pathetic summer seeks by blazonry
Of color to conceal her swift decrease.
Weak subterfuge! Each mocking day doth fleece
A blossom, and lay bare her poverty.
Poor middle-aged summer! Vain this show!
Whole fields of Golden-Rod cannot offset
One meadow with a single violet;
And well the singing thrush and lily know,
Spite of all artifice which her regret
Can deck in splendid guise, their time to go!


Scheme ABBACBBADEFDED
Poetic Form
Metre 10010100100 1111010011 1101011111 111110100 01010111 1101010101 110110111 0100110100 110110111 1111011001 111010100 0101010101 1111001001 1101011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 560
Words 97
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 454
Words per stanza (avg) 95
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Helen Hunt Jackson

Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske, was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. more…

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