This is an analysis of the poem Diary Of A Palestinian Wound that begins with:

We do not need to be reminded:
Mount Carmel is in us ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdefXffXfaeeghXfaXedifaXffeaXgffdcbdfjdjeabcaffkadfXaihhk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 60,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100010 101001 111110010101 1110111001010 1110 1111011111 0111011001 1110110010 101100 11110110 10010 0111011011 10001 11100101 01011101 0100100 0101 1111111100 01101011 011010111 11111100 1010101 00101 11101110100100 0101000100010 1101110100011 01000001 11110110100 1011 010101000100010 0111011 0110100111 010100001 010101010 01100111 100 11011010 110110111 10111011 11010011 111 11110110101 1111111110101 10111101010 1101001 11001011 1110100 1101010100010 01010001010101 00100101101011 01 11101010101 01110010000101 1101111111 11011 0011100101101 10111101110100 1001010010001 1001011010111 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 436
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, of, its, have, my, and, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words do, it, this, we, i are repeated.

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