This is an analysis of the poem Few Have Seen Those Bruises that begins with:

Few have seen those bruises on my knees.
Or heard me pleading in the wilderness weeping, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaXb XXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110111 111100010010 01101 011011 11100101 01010101010 11100001 01001101111 01000100110010010 110100010011101 010100101110 1111010100110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Few Have Seen Those Bruises;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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