This is an analysis of the poem The Secret that begins with:
I know of a thrush's nest, a pretty nest, a cosy nest,
I know of a thrush's nest with three fine eggs of blue;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbacXcXdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001101010101 110011011101 0000011010010101 0000111111101 110010101010101 1100101010111 001010101010111 0000101110111 110010101010101 1100101111011 110010100101001010 1010011010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 689
- Average number of words per stanza: 144
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nest, i, of, pine, trout, mill, maid, bower are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, it are repeated.
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- summary of The Secret;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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