That's What Happens When Truth Is Spoken by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem That's What Happens When Truth Is Spoken that begins with:

Truth hurts!
That's why the presence of it, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX CaX caaaXb Xab CaX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,6,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1101000 0101101011101 101110111011 11110011 1 11101010001010 0111110011 11010000 1010010101010 1100100010101 0111100100 10101010010 1 11101 001010 11110011 1 11101010001010 1101011001011 111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word accepted at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of That's What Happens When Truth Is Spoken;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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