This is an analysis of the poem Truth In Falsehood that begins with:

YOUR little hand in mine I rest :
The slender fingers, white and long,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba acca deed fggf hggh gffg affa ieei jaaj gggg iaai ekke jggjXeeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 01010111 10111111 110011 11101111 11000101 110010111 1100101 11011100 11010101 10110111 010101 010000101 11110101 11110101 110101 10111001 01011111 001010101 011101 11111101 11010111 10111101 010111 11111110 11110111 11110001 111111 111111001 01010001 11010101 111001 11111101 11011101 111100111 011101 11010001 010001111 11010101 010011 10011100 10010111 01010001 111101 11011101 11110101 10111101 110011 110011101 00010001 01110111 011001 10010111 11010101 01011111 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; in, and are repeated.

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

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

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