This is an analysis of the poem Truth that begins with:
Fle fro the pres, and dwelle with sothefastnesse,
Suffise thin owen thing, thei it be smal;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XaXaaXX XXXXaXX XXXXaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101000 1011011001 1111110100 111111100 101110101 1110110111 1111000011 1001110010 01010110101 111010100 1010011011 111101001 1101101001 1111000011 1001100100 0101011001 1011111100 1101111011 111111101 1011111101 1111000011 10 1011111100 100111001 1110101110 100110010 1101110100 101111010001 1111000011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thi, forth are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word drede at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Truth;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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