This is an analysis of the poem Hidden With Intent To Do that begins with:
Why do you believe I keep secrets?
Why would you think this, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAb AAb XbcbbaX aXb DdbDbcabaee abAbAXAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,7,3,11,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011110 11110 111010101001 111011110 11110 11111101 110011101 1111101 111010101 11101001 111 1110110 010101 1111110110 1111011 110111 1111110110 1011010 0111101 1111110110 1111111 11 1111110 11101 1111111010 1 111111 1011110110 0101 0111011010 1000101 0111011010 110101 0111011010 0111001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, why, to, too are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word why is repeated.
The author used the same word why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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