Analysis of Silentium
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev 1803 ( Ovstug near Bryansk, Oryol Governorate) – 1873 (Saint Petersburg)
Speak not, lie hidden, and conceal
the way you dream, the things you feel.
Deep in your spirit let them rise
akin to stars in crystal skies
that set before the night is blurred:
delight in them and speak no word.
How can a heart expression find?
How should another know your mind?
Will he discern what quickens you?
A thought once uttered is untrue.
Dimmed is the fountainhead when stirred:
drink at the source and speak no word.
Live in your inner self alone
within your soul a world has grown,
the magic of veiled thoughts that might
be blinded by the outer light,
drowned in the noise of day, unheard...
take in their song and speak no word.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEECCFFGGCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110001 01110111 10110111 01110101 11010111 01010111 11010101 11010111 11011101 01110101 110111 11010111 10110101 01110111 01011111 11010101 10011101 10110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 635 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 506 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 120 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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