This is an analysis of the poem Deploying Troops Of Truth that begins with:

No matter what is said to them,
People will believe what they choose to believe....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbac DEFGHC gXeg DEFGHCXgegefbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,4,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010100 10001111001 110100101 11111010010 0001000101 111010010 110101111111 1101011010011010 0101110010110111 1101001 11111 0111010101011010 110101110100 101101000111101 11010101001 111010010 110101111111 1101011010011010 0101110010110111 1101001 11111 11010111 1101110011111 10010100011111 0001101001 1101101101 010101001 00100 1101000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Deploying Troops Of Truth;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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