This is an analysis of the poem From A Wound Self Inflicted that begins with:

How many days of sadness,
Have you sat? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCAXD EBFG fb aah bach ABCAXD EBFG caXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,2,3,4,6,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 111 011010 01101 10100100 0011010 110010 10100 001000 10111 1101010100 1101001001 11001 01001100 1010001 001010101 1111101010 1010001001010 11 1101010 111 011010 01101 10100100 0011010 110010 10100 001000 10111 110101010 01110 1111 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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, you are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of From A Wound Self Inflicted;
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