This is an analysis of the poem Dismissed With Secrets that begins with:
They did come.
And in time, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aab cddXde fed cbXcfec eee XXXc dadXfc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,3,7,3,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 101 101110 10111 1100100 010001 0101001010 1011101010 1101010101 1001110011 10101 011011001 01011111 10101010 01010110 001010 110101 1101101 1110111010 1011101 10101001 01100101101 1100101011100 101010 010010 1011101011 1101010 0101101101 101010 10110001010 011101 11010101001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, to are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Dismissed With Secrets;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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