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

Love, poised for ready flight,
Ruddy as morning light, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddefffg eeahhaiijXggj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 101101 111101 100101 11010001 1011 100101 101111 110111 1010101 110111 111101 1111 110101 100101 1101001 111101 10011 1011 101111 101100 101101 1111000 101101 110101 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; that is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Peace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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