This is an analysis of the poem At The Peace Table that begins with:

Who shall sit at the table, then, when the terms
of peace are made- ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeXe fgagbbXb XfXfheheXccecdbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101101 0111 01010010101 101101 11110010101 11101 11111001111 100101 1110111101 11110101 111011010 11110011 010010011101 10111 110010011101 11101 11101011010 100111 1011001101110 1101 101110010110 11101 111010110110 100101 1110111101 11111101 111111011 0111100101 11100100111 00101111 111110010111 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; you, may are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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