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?
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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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