Analysis of The sound of silence
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 |
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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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