This is an analysis of the poem Tell All The Truth that begins with:
Tell all the truth but tell it slant,
Success in circuit lies,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab ccXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 010101 11110101 010101 11000101 010101 011101000 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
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