This is an analysis of the poem Hide Not Behind The Veil, My Love that begins with:

Hide not behind the veil, my love,
I long to have a glimpse of you....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB cdXd AB ddXd ABXdccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,2,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11010101 01111111 10011111 1111111 0010111 11010111 11010101 11010101 1111101 11011111 11010011 11010111 11010101 10101 0111 110100011 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Hide Not Behind The Veil, My Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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