This is an analysis of the poem Turned Cheeks Still Do Bleed that begins with:
No evil is equal...
To end a conflict, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC CCDEF ccffaf GBBCd dbb ABCbXb CCDEF GBBCXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,6,5,3,6,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010 01010 00100101 11111 101010 1100010 101011 0010011 0101 0110010 110100011 0101 100010 11001 111 10100001 10111001 011001 0101 1010101 10001 1010101 110010 01010 00100101 00100000 111010 010110 11111 101010 1100010 101011 0010011 111 10100001 10111001 011001 0101 00110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
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- summary of Turned Cheeks Still Do Bleed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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