This is an analysis of the poem Peace that begins with:
When will you ever, Peace, wild wooddove, shy wings shut,
Your round me roaming end, and under be my boughs? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaaba caXca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101110111 111101110011 111011111101 011111111011 111101111101 010101010100 110101111101 101111110100 1101010111111 110101111101 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; when, you, peace are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
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