This is an analysis of the poem Plain Truth And Blind Ignorance that begins with:

Truth
'God speed you, ancient father, ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXefgX fXXhgXcXX abXfcijhX fgkeXXghX abjXjiXfX fXfXfhXXX aiglXjXgX fXXXdbdcX aXXhmkjjX fXXXXgiXX afcXcbXeX fclXgkXXX aknhniXiX fXXXkkdjX aeoloXagX fbiXibjXj adXmXjcgX fXcbcigXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111010 111001 1001111 110111 1111110 10011 0111010 0101010 100 1111110 11000111 0111010 110111 1100101 111101 0111010 101101 1 1111110 01110 01010101 111101 0100010 01111 1111010 1100100 100 11110101 111111 0100110 111101 1111011 010111 11001110 011101 1 1101110 1001001 1001010 110111 11101010 110011 1101011 100101 100 1111010 010111 0100011 111101 11010010 101011 10111111 1111110 1 1001010 110101 01011100 1100010 1110110 110011 1111010 1111010 100 11110101 1101111 11110101 111001 111010 111101 1101111 0101010 1 111101 101110 1100110 110111 110110 110101 1111010 1101010 100 1110110 110111 1111010 1101101 0111011 110101 1101100 010101 1 11010110 111101 1101111 110101 1111010 010101 1100010 1110010 100 1111111 011101 010110 110100 1101011 110101 1101010 110101 1 1101010 110111 11100100 111101 0101010 100111 111110 0101010 100 11100100 1011101 11010100 010001 1011010 110101 01010111 0101010 1 1111010 010101 1001110 110111 01110010 110101 0101110 010101 100 1100110 100111 1110110 110011 1111010 110111 11010100 110111 1 1101111 011101 1101010 11101 1101010 111101 1110010 11011 100 1001010 111101 10110010 011011 0100010 110001 10010100 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 162
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, holy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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