This is an analysis of Sonnet- Silence by Edgar Allan Poe.

There are some qualities- some incorporate things,
That have a double life, which thus is made…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaacXdedebb
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 111100101011 1101011101 01011100101 010110101011 1001110111 10111101010 100110011010 1101001101 1011000110100 10010010111 11011010001 1111010101 1101011101 1100110111 1101011001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

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