This is an analysis of the poem The Secret Pool that begins with:

I KNOW a pool unknown to men,
Whose green and shadowed secrecy...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbacddaaceeeffeghhiig
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11110100 11010111 11111111 11111101 01111101 110011011 00110001 11100101 01110101 111101001 11001101 111101001 110000101 11101101 01010101 11011101 11011101 11010001 11110101 11001101 11000101 11110101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 841
  • Average number of words per stanza: 156
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

  • summary of The Secret Pool;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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