This is an analysis of the poem Hidden that begins with:

From all I've done and all I've said
let them not seek to find who I've been....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbXXababXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01111111 101101110 11001101 1111011 11001111 10011111001 1110001 111000110 1101011 110001101 01110110011 1001010100 11111010 0100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 493
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i've, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Hidden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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