Secret Lover by Kazi Nazrul Islam: poem analysis

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

Though lost, yet I love thee
O dear,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcdc abefb gceb dehb Xb XifXi heje ggag hkik aehX bab hXXgggddhX gebjb ieXe jfdf X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,4,2,5,4,4,4,4,3,10,5,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 11 01011001 01011 1101 11010 0011 0100010 011001 101001 11010 010101 1101 11101 1111110 111011 01101 1011 011111 110111 111 1011011 11101 11 1110011 011 11101 10111 1001 1111 1111 011 01001 1100001 1111 10101 1111 11101 1111 1111 11111 001011 100110 011000 1111 111 0010101 110101 111 011 11101 111001010 01111010 111001 0101 01001 1110 11 111111 11101 0110 11101101 001100 1001 100101 101101 11001 111001 0100100 1001001 01011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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  • summary of Secret Lover;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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