This is an analysis of the poem When Old Wounds Bleed Again that begins with:

When old wounds bleed again
In the silence of the night,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacbcb bddbeeeeXacca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 0010001 110101 110101 0011001 110111 110111 1111001 110111 100001010 1011010 110101 010011 010101 110001 110101 001101 111101 011101 0111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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  • summary of When Old Wounds Bleed Again;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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