This is an analysis of the poem Sad But The Truth Is On that begins with:
There are too many bold,
Sad but the truth is on....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBcBdecBB dBXBefBB gbhX BB gibihfBB JKBBaBkJKaBKkBB BKkBB LLBBBBXLLB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,4,2,8,15,5,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 110101 1111101110 110101 11111011 111100 111010 110101 110101 10101010101 110101 111101010 110101 11101010100 011010101 110101 01110101 0110101 01111011 011010 1000 110101 01110101 010101 01 11101101 01101 1 10110101 110101 01110101 10101001010 110101 110101 110101 1 10111101 010001011 10101001010 110101 1 10111101 011000101 1 110101 110101 10111101 011000101 1 110101 110101 001110 101010 110101 110101 110101 110101 001110 101010 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, so, it's, sad, truth, but, fair, there, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sad, it's are repeated.
The author used the same word it's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines on is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word on at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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