This is an analysis of the poem Painful It Is When First Heard that begins with:
Painful it is when first heard,
And rawfully exposed......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXaXbX XcbcXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1000111 110001 0110001010 1 10011 0101010 0111 1101010 1100101011 110110 111001 0010000110 01010 0110010011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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.
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