Analysis of The Secret
John Clare 1793 (Helpston) – 1864 (St Andrew's Hospital)
I loved thee, though I told thee not,
Right earlily and long,
Thou wert my joy in every spot,
My theme in every song.
And when I saw a stranger face
Where beauty held the claim,
I gave it like a secret grace
The being of thy name.
And all the charms of face or voice
Which I in others see
Are but the recollected choice
Of what I felt for thee.
| Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 11111111 1101 111101001 1101001 01110101 110101 11110101 010111 01011111 110101 1100101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 341 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 265 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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