This is an analysis of the poem A Promise To Keep This Secret that begins with:
A promise to keep this secret,
Is a hard job....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAC ABAC daBcdAC Xcce ABAC cXeXeX ABAC ABAC EDb EDc ABACXABAC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,4,4,6,4,4,3,3,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001010 0011 0100101 0111 01001010 0011 0100101 0111 111101101001 001001010 0011 11011001 001101 0100101 0111 0110010010 0101 10111010 101001 01001010 0011 0100101 0111 1011001000101 1110101 011111110 0 101 1 01001010 0011 0100101 0111 01001010 0011 0100101 0111 1110101010 10111 1000100011 1110101010 10111 100010111 01001010 0011 0100101 0111 01001010 0011 0100101 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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