Analysis of Wounds



If bruises disappear
and drift away all fear;
Time makes up amply
for the dreams lost.
None can yet accede,
that the past wounds,
shall never recur,
or else bleed .


Scheme AABCDEFD
Poetic Form
Metre 11001 010111 11110 1011 11101 1011 11001 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 165
Words 36
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 31

About this poem

The poem emphasises that wounds bleed even after healing.

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Submitted by amarjitbakhshi on March 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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