This is an analysis of the poem Truth that begins with:

I SAW Truth on the mountains, golden-shod
With day-dawn, girt about with skies... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbbaXaXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 01110101 0101110011 01011110001 0101010111 1 1100111101 11011100101 11001011101 100101111010 010111100011 1 1100010111010 1111010100 1101110111 11010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 704
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Truth;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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