This is an analysis of the poem It Hurts To Live A Truth that begins with:

It hurts to live a truth,
When a doing it many have done to refuse......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbbbAcdeAfbbAdggAcbbAfcdAhffcbeabdh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 101001011001 0101100 10101110101 010101 011101001 111011101 11000101101 010101 1101100101 1110101011 100110101 010101 111011101 010101010011 1111101101 010101 11110101 0100010001001 0111101011 010101 110010001001 1110111010 101000110101 010101 1 111101001 110110101 110001010101 1101001001 01 0101 110111110101 1011001 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 231
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, it are repeated.

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

  • summary of It Hurts To Live A Truth;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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