Analysis of The sound of silence

Royston 1946 (Reading)



Not a single word was spoken
neither was any music played.
The silence remained unbroken
and no audible sound was made.

All the angels held back their breath
their awesome silence could be heard.
For it was the silence of death
and no one dared to speak a word.

It lasted almost half an hour
this potent silence in heaven
pending the terrible power
of the mighty sealed up seven.

Then heaven’s silence was broken
as the loud trumpets announced
that the seals were to be opened
and the judgment of God pronounced


Scheme ABAB CDCD EAEA AFXF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 10101110 10110101 01001010 01100111 10101111 11010111 11101011 01111101 11011110 11010010 10010010 10101110 11010110 1011001 10101110 00101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 498
Words 93
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted by royston on April 16, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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