This is an analysis of Tortures by Wislawa Szymborska.

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The body is susceptible to pain,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbcXdXe Aafefg gabhiX dhjcd ddgjidb Xb
  • Stanza lengths: 7,6,6,5,7,2,
  • 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
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 33

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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