This is an analysis of Secrets by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.

LIFE has dark secrets; and the hearts are few
That treasure not some sorrow from the world--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbXaXbX
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 1111010111 1101110001 0101010101 1100010001 11010101001 0111010101 1110010001 1101010011 0101110100 0101010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10