This is an analysis of the poem Tremors Of Truth that begins with:

Shallow surfaces are often shakened,
By tremors of truth....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXaXbbXXaccddXXbXaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100110100 11001 100010110 010100 0101010 10100 0100010110 101101 00101101001 0101010011 110001010100 11100111 111101 0111010101 001010111001 101010111 1010100110101 1010111010 001010110 0010101000100 100110111010 101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 806
  • Average number of words per stanza: 128
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, they are repeated.

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  • summary of Tremors Of Truth;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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