This is an analysis of the poem A Truth Bound Sentiment that begins with:

This hand has touched Neera's face,
could I use this hand to commit a sin,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBXXaXacdddXcXXXXbABB XAABabdcdbebeXXddffXbaXAAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111101 1110100101 1001 001101 10010100 0101110101 110101 110001101 0100111 10111 110010101 111 111011101010 11111 101101 110011 11000 010110 11101 0111101 1110100101 1001 111110 1111 10011111 1001 10101 101010010 1010101 01001 01001001 1111 1001001 110110101 1011111 00100101 11 11100101 1101 1011101 01010010 10100101 110101 10101 111110 1111 10011111 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 633
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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