This is an analysis of the poem From You This Is Kept Secret that begins with:
The dollar bill is worthless.
Why are you the last one, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacdbeb ecaccf dfdbcbecf cfededeXXce cXcbbdadb aX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,9,11,9,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0101010 111011 11010 111010 111001 101111 1100 11011101 00011100101 110101010 0010101001 1001010101 0100101000111 111110010111 1011100111 101 011 111010001 1 001011 10100110 0101001 1 10110101 0110111 11001001 110101 100101 110101 111110101 01011010110 0001011111 111010 011011101 0111011101 0011101 010111001011 101101 110110 01110100 01010001 001010100 11001001 1100 1010100011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to are repeated.
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- summary of From You This Is Kept Secret;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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