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

Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly crave,
Let me once know.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacbc dedfXf efegfg hi hjij akadkd ilihlhXkbkcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,2,4,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111101 1111 11100101 110101 0101010101 1111 1011000111 1011 00010101 1011010 11110101000 01110 1110010101 01010 010100111 110111 111101101010 1111 1111010011 1111 10011101 110101 1101110001 0111 1101110011 0101 11011001 111101 1101011101 0111 0101010101 1101 11110101 110101 0101010111 1101 1001101101 1111 11001101 111101 0111001101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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

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