This is an analysis of the poem Keeping Secrets Today Is So Passé that begins with:

Limits have been reached.
Keeping secrets is so passé....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaaadXdeebcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10101 1010011 11111 1011111 0101101001 110101001001 01010101001 1001000 11010001 1011101 011101 010000100100 110100 0011110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 458
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Keeping Secrets Today Is So Passé;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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