This is an analysis of the poem The Bandaged Shoulder that begins with:

He said that he had hurt himself on a wall or that he had fallen.
But there was probably another reason...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaX bcXa bbbX XXXdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101101111110 11110001010 101011010 00110110 0110011 10111100110 010101101011 11001001111000 11111010011 111011011 1101011 11111101001 010100100 0111001010 1111011 111111011 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, a are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Bandaged Shoulder;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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