This is an analysis of the poem The Secret that begins with:
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I lay upon my bed in the great night:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbc ccdc cXef ghdh digi jklk igag dili Xcac gfmf cbdb cjbj kndn bblb eiki djej lfkf aada Xbgbbbg ieemcmX Xeaia akck haaa fbcb didi bkck lfof Xlcl jeee hfcf caja oici ambm ldfd iaea dcXc beje abeb leceXkccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,7,7,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 1101110011 01011010 10101100010 1101001 111001001011 10101 11110010101 0011101 1101100110010 1100101 100010001010 00100101 0110111001101 01101 1110100111001 1010101 101101101111 1111111 101001101001 0011101 00100110101111 011011 11101011010010 11010 0011000110001 0011111 0111110110110 111101 101011111101 1101 100110101010 10101101 10111111111010 1111011 1111001011011 1110001 1111101001001 1010001 101011101110 1110111 01010100101 011011 001001110111 1011101 1110100011101 111001 11001111110111 110110 110010111011 10011 0100101110001 01101 01010011001 101101 10000111011010 0110101 111100101010 0100101 110100110110 1010101 0110100101010 010101 0101011110 00100101 1101111101010 1101101 11101111111111 1111001 111011100011 111101 1101010101010 011011001 1 1100101 11010001 11010111 11011101 11110101 110101001 100100101 010100101 11011111 01000101 010101010 10110101 111100010 1 01001101111 101101 101000011111 010101 01010010101 1110101 01010010111 10100101 1111110110101 00101111 110101100101 111111 01110101001 010101 100110101001 01100101 1010010101001 101101111 101001001101001 00100101 1101001001001 10011 110010010101 100101 111111110110 1011101 01100100101011 00100101 0110011100101 01101010 0110110110101 011001010 10110111010 10100101 1010010100110 101001101 110101101011 0111101 0111110110110 1101001 100110101101 101101001 1111111001001 11001001 100010101111111 001001011 111010011111 101001001 1001001101101 111101 1010111001111 111100 1011101101110 1100101 11111101110001 101001 110111101111 101011001 111010010110 01001001 11010101101 100010001 11101001010010 1101101 1001110001111 1110110 1011100011001 101001110 1110101001011 1001001 00101001111110 0010101 0111101101110 1010101 010010100101 00110111 1010110110101 011101101 0100011110001 0011101
- Amount of stanzas: 40
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 170
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, have, my, without, i, you, of, in, it, not, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, that, and, the, it, not are repeated.
The author used the same words to, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases i, alone connect the lines.
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- summary of The Secret;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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