This is an analysis of the poem The Spirits For Good that begins with:

We come with peace and reason,
We come with love and light,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae fgfg ahah gaga baXa haha aiai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 110111 0101110 110101 1111110 110111 1101010 011111 1011010 101101 0101010 010111 1101110 1101010 0101010 1101010 1111010 000101 1101110 010101 1101010 110101 1111110 010101 1101110 010101 1111110 110101 1101010 1100101 0111110 011101 1101110 111100 0101110 011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Spirits For Good;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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