This is an analysis of the poem Peace. A Study that begins with:

He stood, a worn-out City clerk —
Who'd toil'd, and seen no holiday,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdcdcefefghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11111101 11000101 01011001 11011101 11010101 10111101 11110101 11011111 01111111 11110111 01110101 11110101 01111101 11111101 010011110 10011101 11011101 11010111 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 821
  • Average number of words per stanza: 137
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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