This is an analysis of the poem The Truth that begins with:
COME then, let us at least know what's the truth.
Let us not blink our eyes and say... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababCdcdefefCeceeeeeXXee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111101 11111111 1011011111 10011111101 00011101001 11010101 11110010101 01001010101 1011010101 011110110 1101001101 100110101110 00011101001 110100111 1011110101 01111001001 1011010111 01110111 0101101101 1001000101 10010111100 11111101 11101001101 01010011011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1050
- Average number of words per stanza: 198
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our, to, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Truth;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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