This is an analysis of the poem Secret Flowers that begins with:

Is love a light for me? A steady light,
A lamp within whose pallid pool I dream... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccadeeeedfggfff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110101 0101110111 1011110001 01010011001 1011001101 1111011101 01010011010 1010111011 1101001011 1111010101 1111010111 11011101010 01010111101 01000100111 1011110011 1001010101 1111111101 1010011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 741
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Secret Flowers;
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  • history of its creation;
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