Analysis of Sonnet- Silence
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)
There are some qualities- some incorporate things,
That have a double life, which thus is made
A type of that twin entity which springs
From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade.
There is a two-fold Silence- sea and shore-
Body and soul. One dwells in lonely places,
Newly with grass o'ergrown; some solemn graces,
Some human memories and tearful lore,
Render him terrorless: his name's "No More."
He is the corporate Silence: dread him not!
No power hath he of evil in himself;
But should some urgent fate (untimely lot!)
Bring thee to meet his shadow (nameless elf,
That haunteth the lone regions where hath trod
No foot of man,) commend thyself to God!
Scheme | ABABCDECCFGFGHH |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11110010101 1101011111 0111110011 110010101001 1101110101 10011101010 1011111010 1101000101 10111111 11010010111 11011110001 1111010101 111111101 110110111 111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 753 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 518 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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