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

After Stuart Merrill
Trembling of purple banners in the fight, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbabccbaadeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10110 10001010001 1101001001 10010100101 1111010101 1101010111 10101101101 11001110101 1101010101 11111001011 00111010101 1101010101 10010001001 01010010101 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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