This is an analysis of the poem Truth And Deception that begins with:

There is a difference between truth and deception.
Deception can be ignored to eventually go away....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb ccXb dcaa bXce efef bbcXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001000111010 0101001001000101 1111 10010101001 111001 1101 001001011010 1111110 100111000101 010111000 010101011001 1000101000100101 1001011011001 101010100100 111010 1010101010 0111101 110100101 0001000010 11010111 111110111110 11000101 00100100011001 010100010111001 100010100101010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase deception connects the lines.

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

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