This is an analysis of the poem Assume They Lie that begins with:
Today...
With various masks worn, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBCA dAXX dXXdAdd aBCA bAbda XddadAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,4,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01 010011 00111 01101 1011101 0111 0110 0100010010 01111111 0010100 101011111011 1101011111 0111 011101 011101101 01 010011 00111 01101 1101110101 0111 011100110010 11010110001 1100100101 011111 11101 11111100 1111101 101011 0111 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; assume, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word assume is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Assume They Lie;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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