This is an analysis of the poem Seeking To Continue To Deny Truth that begins with:

Does a raising of awareness heal any would?
Does a craze of losing entitlements, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACcXXXdc BEEf ABACbebX BEEGhIJH XEDFJB BEEGhIJH XEDFJB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,8,8,6,8,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000101101 1010100100 01011 010010101001 1111111 10111001110 101010101 11101101010 101011001010 010011010101 10100010 10100 10110101 10011110111 101000101101 1010100100 01011 010010101001 01010001 01010111010 1101010110100 111000100011 10100010 10100 10110101 1001111 1 101110110001 101111 01001001 0101000001 010100000 101010 01011 0010110101 110100 10100010 10100 10110101 1001111 1 101110110001 101111 01001001 0101000001 010100000 101010 01011 0010110101 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; for, and, of, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words does, something, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word does at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Seeking To Continue To Deny Truth;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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