This is an analysis of the poem Keep It Revealed that begins with:
Don't be my love,
Only when you feel it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCACBD eebeXff ABCACBD bdbba XeXXXABCACBDDbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,5,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011 101110 1001011 11 101011 1010 1001 101011111 0101110010 1111111 01110110111 100111 010101 001010101 1011 101110 1001011 11 101011 1010 1001 11101 0110001 1111000101 001010110101 101101 1110111 100100101 1011111 10100111 1011 101110 1001011 11 101011 1010 1001 1001 10 01
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; keep, it, revealed are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word keep is repeated.
The author used the same word let at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines revealed is repeated).
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