This is an analysis of the poem A Truth For Some Done Is Welcomed that begins with:

You wished life lived and with fun.
And the doing of it has been done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAABccdXcccEABED AAABcEABED DfDfa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,10,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111101 101000101 1111101 00101101 1 111000111 010111101 1 11000111 01011111111 1 110101101 11110101 101011110 110101101 01111010 1111101 101000101 1111101 00101101 1 110101101 11110101 101011110 110101101 01111010 01111010 0010 01111010 0010 110101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, truth, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words truth, a are repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines welcomed is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word welcomed at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase truth connects the lines.

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  • summary of A Truth For Some Done Is Welcomed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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