This is an analysis of the poem The Truth that begins with:
Friend, though thy soul should burn thee, yet be still
Thoughts were not meant for strife, nor tongues for swords,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaXcca aadede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111111101 1011111111 11110100001 1111110101 0111111110 1011110001 1101110011 1111011101 1101110001 0100010011 1001110101 1001110111 0101110101 1111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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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