This is an analysis of the poem The Wound Dresser that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abcdXeafghha X caijeai abedi X jkbelbhlb malkk acbegX eeemi mnc efl ibX X Xaaeneeh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,1,7,5,1,9,5,6,5,3,3,3,1,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 111101101110 01010010010010 111111011110111 0111011010100110101 1111011111110111 0110101101100101 010110110010110 0100101111101011001 101001101001001 0110110110111011 110110110010010 01101011001011001 1 110111111111 111011101011011001 100110110011100111 0010111100110100100101 10010111101101011 111111111110101101 1101011001010111110 101001010 1010110101111 111010010111001101 0110101100111111 0101110101110011 1 1001001011 111011011 1111011001010 11101100101 100100110111001110 00110111111101 011111001011111111 10101010011100011 1001010111101101 110111 0111101011 111010111110100 1101001011111011 11111101010011101111 111110101101101 011111111101001 0100100100101111010 101010110100111101 111001011001 010110 001001010101 101010101011101011 11010010101111101 01110101111110101 1111110 110100111 1011111101110010110 101011001 1101010100100101 10100101101011001010 10010101011100111 111011111 0101010100010 1111100101110110100101 1 101001010 010010111110110 0111011010101 11101010111111 1101110100100111 10010101010111110 100101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, these, so, i, in, to, with, you, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, to, the, many are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
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- summary of The Wound Dresser;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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