This is an analysis of the poem Those Who Hurt And Go that begins with:

When you've been hurt and it is felt,
Is if felt like no one else? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAA CADAE ABAA CADAE FGAE ABAA hhH FGAE FGAE CADX ABAA FHFH ABAA hhH FGAEXFHFHFHFH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,5,4,4,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 0011111 11010101 00011011 110100010 0010001 1111101 010101001 11001100 11011001 0011111 11010101 00011011 110100010 0010001 1111101 010101001 11001100 10010010 10111110 01010101 110101 11011001 0011111 11010101 00011011 1 1 111 1010010 10111110 01010101 110101 1010010 10111110 01010101 110101 110100010 0010001 1111101 010111 11011001 0011111 11010101 00011011 1010010 111111 1010010 111111 11011001 0011111 11010101 00011011 1 1 111 1010010 10111110 01010101 110101 10010010 111111 1010010 111111 10010010 111111 1010010 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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, felt, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, and are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines no is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word grieve at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase no connects the lines.

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