This is an analysis of the poem To Speak It And It To See that begins with:

I remember when truth to speak it,
And it to see......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCde fcagX eada eggdhe fAA gfadbdfhXe ABCbc di fAA dfafe bgccX ABCifdXX XXX Xea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,6,3,10,5,2,3,5,5,8,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101011010 1001 111010101100 1101110 100100 1010100010 11000100 1101100111 001011 01111000 1010010101 1101101 10100111010 10110101001 101011 1101101001 0001010111 11011101001 11101 01001001001 111111001 1101101001 11000101 11111 01101001101 010011011101 111101010101 11100101 011010000010001 0101110001 10100010010 00101101001000 1110001111101 101011010 1001 111010101100 111111000 10010010100 11010000110001 01000011100111 1111111001 1101101001 11000101 111101 1110010 1010100100010010 00101000010 0010010101011 100 01101 0011010100 11000110100100 111 101011010 1001 111010101100 101101 1111010001 100111111001 0011100 010010111 111010 011101 10000101 11111 110100010 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of To Speak It And It To See;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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