This is an analysis of the poem The Peace Advocate that begins with:
The vicar sat in the firelight's glow,
A volume in his hand,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abaab cdecd bcbbe fcffc bfbbf cgccX hihhi bjbbj kdkkd lagga hbhhb bXbbb mbmmb Abaab hghhg X kkXXllmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101001001 010001 1011110111 1010110101 110101 1100110111 1110101 11110110100 1110010101 1010101 01110101 0110111 1010010101 1010100101 1111100 101110100 1100101 110110111 110101101 010101 010110101 1100101 01110111 110011101 110011 110010111 010101 0101100101 0010111101 101001010 111010101 1010101 0101000101 010100101 1010101 10100110101 101011011 110110101 1100100111 11110111 110011101 1110101 1010010101 1011111101 110101 1101001010 0100111 101001001001 111111101 1010101 11011101 100101 101011001101 101010111 0011111 111100101 010101 1010100111 10101000101 0100101 011110101 010111 1010110101 1010010111 010101 0101001001 010001 110010101 11001011011 110101 001011101 0010101 101010111 1010100101 010111 101 010010100101 0101110101 0101010110 1101000111 01010100110 01010111010 1101110101 0111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; he, for, his, them, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of, the are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Peace Advocate;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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