This is an analysis of the poem Peacefully Kept Secret that begins with:
I...
Have forgotten, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXbaca abddddedffga hdeedX XabhdIJDA dfbdXXIJDAfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,6,9,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1010 0111 01010 110100100100 011110101 1010001 111101 11 110111010 11111000 0010100100 111100 110110111 11111101010100 1101010 01100111100 111 1 11101 1111111 1101 111100010111 010111 1111011101 0010111000 110 1 11010 011111 01 1110 0111001 100110 110110111 1 1111010011010 11001010 010001100 10100101000101010 1110 0111001 100110 110110111 0100010100 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 46
- 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:
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; to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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