This is an analysis of the poem Edith Cavell that begins with:

She was binding the wounds of her enemies when they came—
The lint in her hand unrolled. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc dcec bfcf cccc cgXg bhfh biji ccbc ddkd edkd abjb deje gldl XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11100100100111 01001100 1100101101100 1101011 110001010111 01101011 0101100100101 11101111 11100111001011 101010010 01001101011111 01111110 1110010011001 0100111 101011110101 111101101 001001000110111 1101001 1111111100101 1010011 10101100100101 110101 00100101001010 11000101 11011111011 0100111 101011111101 11110001 101001110001001 111001 11101010010 10101001 1110110101001 111101 1101111010111 00101111 101011100101 101101 011100110100 0110101 100101111010 010101 001011110101 110111 11001011101001 1010101 11101111101 000101 00101110101 1100101 1011111101001 10101100 01110101001 1010001 101110011111 00100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, she, that, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, because, she are repeated.

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

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