This is an analysis of the poem Humiliated that begins with:

Which intentional humiliation hurts worse?
The one publicly done and does not affect? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbbcbdX ecdbeXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000101011 01100111101 1011101 001010101 10110 0011011 11 0101 100101010101 10100111 1001110001010 1010101101 00101101 001011 1 11100 101110110001 10101001000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Humiliated;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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