This is an analysis of The Secret by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.

IF I should tell you what I know
Of where the first primroses grow,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabXcb ddeeXe ccffff
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 01111111 01011101 010100010 110111000 11110110 010101010 11010101 10010101 010101010 110101010 11111101 110100010 11010001 01011111 110101110 010101010 10110101 110111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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