This is an analysis of the poem God's First Secret that begins with:

Do you know
What God told me the other day? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaCDXEbbfaXfdXdXEDaXXbXC X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 11110101 11101 01100 0110101 11101110101 010010 1001 11101 10001010 111101 0110 10101101 110101 1101101 110101 101101 010010 0110101 1111101101 111000110 0111000 1111 10010 01100 010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of God's First Secret;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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