This is an analysis of the poem In Secret We Thirst that begins with:

Graceful, spiritual,
with the gentleness of arabesques...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabbbX XcbXc aaXcdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000 0010001000 110100 00010010 110110 01100 011101 0111 1010101 10101100 00101110 110010101 1110100 001001001111 1111 1110101 11001110100 10010101 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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