This is an analysis of the poem Secret Meetings that begins with:
I have secret meetings,
In my mind....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBbCD ABbCD bEbEb ADbB ADbB ADbB DBAA DBAA DBAAA B B BAXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,4,4,4,4,4,5,1,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 011 1 11101 1001 1111010 011 1 11101 1001 0110001 1010101 0111101 1010101 1111111010 1111010 011101 1 01111010 1111010 011101 1 01111010 1111010 011101 1 01111010 111010011101 001 0010001 00101010001001 111010011101 001 0010001 00101010001001 111010011101 001 0010001 00101010001001 00101010001001 111010001 111010001 111010001 0010001 00101010001001
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i, have, secret, meetings, to, unwind are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, i are repeated.
The author used the same words yes, i 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 crimes, unwind are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words time, collected, crimes, unwind at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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