This is an analysis of the poem The Secret that begins with:
Two girls discover
the secret of life...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbX Xcdd ecfe cXec bXcX dccc Xdaf agcg fXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 01001 001010 100 11110 101 011 11 10110 1110 11101 110 110111 111101 1011010 010 01010 010110 1101 111 11101 10111 110100 11 010111 1011 010001010 1 010 10011 10010 1 01010 10101 11 101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Secret;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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