This is an analysis of the poem Peace And Pain that begins with:

THE day and night are symbols of creation,
And each has part in all that God has made; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcXc dededada ababfafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111100010 1111011111 10110101010 1111110111 11010111110 1111010101 11010101000 1101010101 00110111011 0111010111 01110101111 0101011101 111101010101 0101010001 11011101011 0011111101 010110011010 1101001101 11011101110 1111101101 01010001011 0101000101 10110111011 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a are repeated.

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  • summary of Peace And Pain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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