This is an analysis of the poem Tortures that begins with:

Nothing has changed.
The body is susceptible to pain,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcXdXe Aafefg gabhiX dhjcd ddgjidb Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,5,7,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011 0100010001 01111111 0111111101 110010111 01110001110 010100100001 1011 010101010 0101001110 00100100011101 10111001011110 1110101110101001 101101111110 010101011101 101010101011 101010100100 1011000010100 01000110110100 1011101010101010 1010001001001001 010101110101 0111010111 0111100011 1011011010100 01010110110 011111001 10111110101 1000010101110110010001010 101001010 1111001 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.

    The author used the same word nothing at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Tortures;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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