This is an analysis of the poem Healing Has Its Sacrifices that begins with:

Aching from pain hurts.
To numb and release from the origin......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbac abXXdefXXc XXccdXeXefebee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011 0110100100 001001 1101 10010010 01010001 101000101 00110 1011010 11101 0100001 1011 010101 10010101 001000100 1001001000 1001011100 1 111011 01010101 10111 00110100 101000110 0001001101 10101010 110110001 001101 001010001 00111101 010001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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 is repeated.

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

  • summary of Healing Has Its Sacrifices;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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