This is an analysis of the poem A Way To Dupe Truth that begins with:
So many use excuses,
As a way to dupe truth....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBB Bc DBEF DBc ABEF BcgDBEF ABhgh DBCgah ABBB BChhgX ABHIHXABHIH
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,3,4,7,5,6,4,6,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 101011 01011 010101 1101010101011 01101011 11011001 10101 11101 11001 11011001 10101 11101011 1101010 101011 11101 11001 1101010101011 0010001011 1 11011001 10101 11101 11001 1101010 101011 0010001011 1 0110101 11011001 10101 01101011 1 011100 1001 1101010 101011 01011 010101 1101010101011 01101011 11001011001 101 0101 1001 1101010 101011 110011101 11 111 1101010 101011 110011101 11 111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; way, to, truth, dupe are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The author used the same word so 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 truth is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words too, long at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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