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

Woman's faith, and woman's trust -
Write the characters in the dust;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXd eeeeddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 10100001 1010101 1010111 11101010 10101010 1110011 1011101 1110101 1010001 1110101 1010111 111110010 10111101110 01011111 110100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of, and, her are repeated.

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