This is an analysis of the poem Too Honest that begins with:
Have I 'ever' lied or cheated?
Under what? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXaXac bdXadXac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101110 101 010 10101 11110110 101110 101001101 110111111001 11110 1100101001111 01101011 100111010 101011 1 1111110001 11010010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Too Honest;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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