This is an analysis of the poem Dust Is The Only Secret that begins with:
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Dust is the only Secret—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XabX XXXX XbXb XXab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10010100 10101 11011101 0010010 1111101000 101010 101011 110010000 0100010 10001 11010 10101 11011 11010 101010 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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