This is an analysis of the poem The Ninth Secret Poem that begins with:

I worship your fleece which is the perfect triangle
Of the Goddess...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbbcXdXXcebeXda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110001110 0010 11010100101010 111010 11010101010010 111010 11010111010 11101 11010010111001 111010 1101001111 110110010110 101001111001 111010 01011110011011 1111010 111101110111100101 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 707
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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