This is an analysis of the poem Opinion that begins with:
There is no truth of any good
To be discerned on earth ; and, by conversion,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXbaXXabX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10110100 00011111010 1111011101 01110100110 1001111101 00100010100 0101011100 11100111001 1101011111 1111110110 1111110011 1111011101 100110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 558
- Average number of words per stanza: 101
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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, all are repeated.
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