This is an analysis of Silence. A Sonnet by Henry King.

Peace my hearts blab, be ever dumb,
Sorrowes speak loud without a tongue:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaabbccbbccddeeffggXX
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 11110101 100110101 1101110 01110101 11011101 110010101 11010111 10110101 11010101 01111101 11010101 11111101 10010011 11111101 11010101 11000100 01011011 11010001 01000101 11011101 11010101 11111101 11011101 11001101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24