This is an analysis of the poem A Maiden's Secret that begins with:

I have written this day down in my heart
As the sweetest day in the season; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcX ededfafa bgbghdhd ieieidid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011011 101010010 01001011001 110111010 101101111 10111110 110011111 10111010 1111110111 1110111010 1100101111 01010010 1101100111 11001010 11100101111 110010010 1111100111 11101010 11111011001 111001010 1101111101 01111110 10111101001 111111110 1111110101 101011010 1111111100 11111110 1010111111 10101010 1100101101 1110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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