This is an analysis of the poem Escapes From Truth To Delude that begins with:

Escapes from truth to delude,
And found easily done to do......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbcdadd ADACAb ADACaEXACAEb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101001 11100101 10101110 101111010 10010 010011001 11110100 110101100101 0101001 1010 0101001 101 10101001 11001001 10101001 1010 10101001 101 1000101001 11011001 10101001 101 10101001 11011001 111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same words escapes, all at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Escapes From Truth To Delude;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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