Analysis of The Secret
Katherine Mansfield 1888 (Wellington) – 1923 (Fontainebleau, Île-de-France)
In the profoundest ocean
There is a rainbow shell,
It is always there, shining most stilly
Under the greatest storm waves
That the old Greek called "ripples of laughter."
As you listen, the rainbow shell
Sings--in the profoundest ocean.
It is always there, singing most silently!
| Scheme | ABBCDBAE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 00110 11011 11111011 1001011 1011110110 1110011 100110 1111101100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 280 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 223 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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