Poem Analysis of Eyes Swollen From Tears Cried by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Eyes Swollen From Tears Cried that begins with:

Wounded are those left scarred,
Again....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: AbCD EFGF hiac dadc AFIA JaXhcccjd aaeiX XdckkXlabcie AbCD EFGF AFIA J ab X XmnldXbmnlldim
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,5,12,4,4,4,1,2,1,14,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 101111 01 010001101 1001100100 1011101 0101 11001 0100100111 111 10100100 10101 110101 1 1101 111101 11110110 110011 001101 1100100 0001 10010 01010110011 011100011 1101101001 011001100 111010 10111 010100 11110010 1010110 10101010 101011001 101000100 101101100 10 110 1010011 010 1111100 1101010 11110 011010 010011 111011 0010100 11 101111 01 010001101 1001100100 1011101 0101 11001 0100100111 110011 001101 1100100 0001 10010 1010 0010 11000101 10 11001 0110011 100001010 1010101 1 1111 1010001 11001101000 111100110 01011001110 111101 100101001000 001101
Amount of stanzas: 15
Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
Average number of words per stanza: 22
Amount of lines: 76
Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, been, left, feel are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we've, i are repeated.
The author used the same word wounded at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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Eyes Swollen From Tears Cried by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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