This is an analysis of the poem The Truth Is Blind that begins with:
The light fell from the window and the day was done
Another day of thinking and distractions...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcacdedb fca X dabbaXX aXeXXb X XfXXXbb aeec b bX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,1,7,6,1,7,4,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 011001010111 01010101010 11001111111 11010011101 0101110101 0101011101 110101 1100011101 010101 0101010101 011011 0101 01000111010010011111110011111001011011011011001010110 1101110101 0111110101 1101000101 0111101111 1111000111 1111010 111 0111 010101 0101010101 1101110101 1101010101 01010011001 010011111001010111010010101100101011001010011011101101010101011011101010011101011011010010111110100101111101001011011110110100010101110 1101010100 1101110011 0101010101 0101010001 0101010101 0111010101 1101010111 11010111 110101 1101001101 1101010101 10110110101001000011011001010000101000101000100100100 01000011 011001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, saw, as, of, it, that, to, thread, hare, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the, she, her, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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