This is an analysis of the poem The Gardener Xxiv: Do Not Keep To Yourself that begins with:

Do not keep to yourself the secret of
your heart, my friend!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXddbXXXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100100 1111 10011001010 11111010 101101011 1 0101010 10011110 01 10111010 1110011 11110100 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 392
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, through are repeated.

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  • summary of The Gardener Xxiv: Do Not Keep To Yourself;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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