This is an analysis of the poem All Is Truth that begins with:

O ME, man of slack faith so long!
Standing aloof--denying portions so long;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccXbd efgd bcX eXfdfgdggcXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,3,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 10010101011 1001010101011 010001101111011101 111010000101101101 01 11101001110100010001 1 001001110101010001010 101 110111110111100001 1101011 11100101010001101 00010110101101001001 1001111 10100110101010001111 1111011011101 111010010111111 110101 111101010101111010 0 110101110101111 1010 11101111000010011 110101010 1111011011011111 111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, as, or, in, and, that are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines long is repeated).

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

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