This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Xx (Alternate) Love's War that begins with:

Till I have peace with thee, warr other Men,
And when I have peace, can I leave thee then? ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddeeccXeffggXXXcccXXddddddXXggXXddbbeeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011101 1111111111 11011100101 1111011001 0101010111 1001011110 1011111101 1111110101 10010010001 1011111101 1110011101 1110111111 11000001110 1011110111 1101101100 0101101111 11010110101 1111111101 1110001101 0111010111 0110010010 1001011101 1001011111 001101001001 110011100 111111010 1111111101 0011011101 1111011111 111110111 1101011111 1111001111 1011111111 1101111110 110100110001 11110010101 1101110111 1111110111 1111111001 11111011111 1101111111 0111111011 10110111101 01111111 0111111111 11001010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2074
  • Average number of words per stanza: 389
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, our, and, in, to, mee, armes, lett, wee are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, here, there are repeated.

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