This is an analysis of Silence Sings by Thomas Sturge Moore.

SO faint, no ear is sure it hears,
So faint and far;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccbdedeffe
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11110101 1111 11110101 11111011 100011101 11110101 1101 10110101 1001 1010110101 11010011 11000101 11010101 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

so

Anaphora

so