This is an analysis of the poem I Many Times Thought Peace Had Come that begins with:

I many times thought Peace had come
When Peace was far away—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 111101 11111101 110001 11010101 110011 11000101 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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