Analysis of Silence
There are no stars over Bethlehem
Nor are there voices to speak
There’s just movement; motion,
Round and round
Till we all fall down
The wishing wells and shooting stars
are silent
The gods above and hands in prayer
are silent
All is silent - save the pleading
“Speak to us!”
But there is no answer
There is no truth
There is only silence
So let us sleep
Amen
| Scheme | abcdefGhGijklmno |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111010 1111011 111010 101 11111 01010101 110 01010101 110 11101010 111 111110 1111 111010 1111 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 372 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 284 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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