This is an analysis of the poem The Effects Of A Secret Leaks that begins with:

The effects of a secret leaks.
And those trusted with it, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaa bcaXb dacdbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100101 111000 101110 11 11 001010010010 11101 011010 0101 11101000001 01111 0010010010010 10110 100100101011 01111010 01110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of The Effects Of A Secret Leaks;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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