This is an analysis of the poem Secret Love that begins with:
Not one kind look....one friendly word!
Wilt thou in chilling silence sit;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded fgfg hfcf gigi jdjd ckck alal lhlc dddd meme ljlj jfjf bcbc gaga bcbc bebe bebXXdede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 11010101 110101001 11011101 110101001 01011111 11110111 01110111 11010111 11010101 11011101 11111101 010011101 11011101 11010101 11010111 011101110 110101001 00011111 11100101 11110101 1101011001 01011101 11110111 010101001 01010111 11011101 11110111 11011111 11010111 01100101 11010101 01010101 01010101 11110111 1101011 110101011 110101010 11110101 10110101 11111101 11110101 01010101 11010111 1110001101 11111101 010100101 11110101 111100101 11010111 11010101 111100111 11011111 011101010 1101011 11011010 11010111 01011101 1111101 11010101 01010101 110111001 11010101 01000101 111101001 111100101 110100101 11011101 110100111 110110101 11010101 01011101 11011110111 11010101 11110101 0101010100 11010101 110101010 11110101 101111010
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; one, his, to, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, how, my are repeated.
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- summary of Secret Love;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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