This is an analysis of the poem In The Presence Of Truth that begins with:
For those with kept fed delusions,
And finding it difficult to place today's youth......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXcca cXdeae faddecgd ggdbfeXbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011010 110010001011 001001 010010100010 1010010110101 10101001001 00101110010111 0101010100101 1101101111000100 11110001011100100 11010110100100010 101001010011 1011100010111 1010001 110111001 110010101101 10001010010001 010001101 110000101101101 10100010100 1001001001 0101010001 01010101 01011011001 0101000110101 110100101 001101110111 10010110101 10010101001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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, system are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words something, the, people are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of In The Presence Of Truth;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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