This is an analysis of The Secret by Jean Blewett.
The throng about her did not know,
Her nearest friend could not surmise…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cXbX cdcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010011 01011101 11010101 010100001 111100011 01000101 011100101 110101110 11010101 11110101 01110101 01011111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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