In The Privacy Of Thoughts by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem In The Privacy Of Thoughts that begins with:

In the privacy of thoughts,
I choose to keep secret....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccde feXgXhbXcX aijg XbjX bhXi bjbaX bbid bbbX f X Xdc Xg gg ibX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,4,4,4,5,4,4,1,1,3,2,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010001 110110 111111 110101111 1 01001110 1010101101 0110100 111101001 011 1010101 111101 1010010 011111010 1111111 0100 111100100 011010110 10100101 11111010100 100 1111101 11000101 011010010 101 11111 111011 111101010 11011 110111 01 11110111 0101110110 011 11001 10010 1001111 110 11011111 11101 1100011111 11011 101111 01110111 1 11011101 11 111011111 111010 111011111 1101010 1101001 0111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, me are repeated.

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  • summary of In The Privacy Of Thoughts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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