This is an analysis of the poem Truth And Falsehood that begins with:
Truth by her own simplicity is known,
Falsehood by varnish and vermilion.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010001 111101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 2
- 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.
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