Analysis of Pain



The pain begins again, merciless burning pain,
       almost as bad as when the torture first began,
             pain flames around my feet ankles and lower legs

I do not know what chemical or chemicals were used,
       but my anguish deep without relief is a clear result,
             I think my nerves are damaged from the 1st insult.

With time it becomes a severe itch,
       as I resist the urge to scratch it,
             father time gives me my only relief.

It's easing a bit now but I know it will surely return
       I believe the damage done by torture is permanent
             why man to man is this evil done?


Scheme XXX XAA XXX XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 010101100101 11111010101 110111100101 11111100110001 11101010110101 111111010101 111010011 110101111 1011111001 110011111111001 10101011101100 111111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 630
Words 117
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

Actual, experience of recurring pain due to after-effects of torture, slightly revised from the original version which appeared on Allpoetry.com

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Written on February 04, 2023

Submitted by on February 04, 2023

Modified on April 01, 2023

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