This is an analysis of the poem Too Easily I Am Wounded that begins with:

Torned by random runs.
With a direction unspecific....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXba XcdcXe eXfabef XXXXde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 000101000 1010100 1011 1100001100 10111111101 1101011 1111001 111110111001 1010111001 01111010 111110101 1111101 00100111 0010 1110001011 1011010 001000011110 11011100 1001010 00100100 111000 11110100 11001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; too, to, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Too Easily I Am Wounded;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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