This is an analysis of the poem Truth that begins with:
And if sun comes
How shall we greet him?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbbXc bcaXXaX dXdda XXX Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,5,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011 11111 11111 11111 101100 1001 111111 1111 11010 10111100100 101100 00110 1101 11110 1111 0001001110 00010 0101 100100 010010 0110000 011100 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words shall, though are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).
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