{"id":6785,"date":"2026-08-14T17:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/poems\/the-gamut-of-truth\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T12:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T09:32:37","slug":"the-gamut-of-truth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/poems\/the-gamut-of-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gamut of Truth by Danil Rudoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dr-poem-page\">\n<section id=\"the-gamut-of-truth\">\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Gamut of Truth\u201d by Danil Rudoy<\/strong> is an eight-line poem from <em>Love Is Poetry<\/em>. Its two quatrains compress a volatile argument about ascent, compromise, money, hope and the difficult value of truth.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"poem\">\n<h2>The Gamut of Truth<\/h2>\n<div class=\"dr-poem-text\">\n<p>We\u2019re flying lower, we\u2019re flying higher;<br \/>A fall becomes a command to soar.<br \/>She went for cash, but myself\u2019s no buyer:<br \/>I don\u2019t relinquish my hopes for more.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps I\u2019d better await the morning:<br \/>It may surrender the missing clue.<br \/>This girl is always a healthy warning;<br \/>Perhaps she\u2019s crazy; at least she\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>2012\/2013<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"publication\">\n<h2>Publication<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe Gamut of Truth\u201d appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/love-is-poetry\/\"><em>Love Is Poetry: Rhyming Poems About Love Life<\/em><\/a>, in the opening movement, <em>The Marriage Market<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"form\">\n<h2>Two quatrains<\/h2>\n<p>The first quatrain moves through vertical oppositions and the pressure of money. The second delays judgment until morning and ends on the word \u201ctrue.\u201d Eight lines give every turn immediate weight, while the paired quatrains keep uncertainty under formal control.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"critical-reading\">\n<h2>Critical reading<\/h2>\n<p>A detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prose-n-poetry.com\/the-gamut-of-truth-danil-rudoy-poem-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critical reading of \u201cThe Gamut of Truth\u201d<\/a> on Prose &amp; Poetry follows its two-quatrain form, alternating rhyme, vertical imagery, resilience, tonal movement and closing judgment of truth.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"related-reading\">\n<h2>Related reading<\/h2>\n<p>Continue with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/poems\/a-game-of-skat\/\"><em>A Game of Skat<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/poetry\/\">Poetry by Danil Rudoy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/love-poems\/\">Love Poems by Danil Rudoy<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/rhyming-poetry\/\">Rhyming Poetry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"rights\">\n<h2>Text and citation<\/h2>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 Danil Rudoy. The poem is published here as the author\u2019s canonical text. Short excerpts may be quoted for criticism, scholarship, teaching and literary discussion with attribution to Danil Rudoy and a link to this page. Full reproduction requires separate permission.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Gamut of Truth\u201d by Danil Rudoy is an eight-line rhyming poem from Love Is Poetry, balancing flight, money, hope, uncertainty and the stubborn value of truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["dr-evergreen-document","dr-schema-webpage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6785"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6902,"href":"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6785\/revisions\/6902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danilrudoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}