This is an analysis of the poem Knowing What Truth Is that begins with:
I believe in a truth that has been honestly spoken.
And with the undertaking of my own research, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaba XaabX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10100111010010 100101001101 11010101001 110110 11100001001 11001 10011111001011 00110101011 110110101011011 0100110111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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