This is an analysis of the poem How Real Peace Is Lived that begins with:

Treated with a taste of truth,
That minimizes rudeness......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC dXe XXfd BGEHD igX eee Xde jjbd ABC Dbfe BGEHD DiXidig
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,5,3,3,3,4,3,4,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101 1101010 0101 10110010 1011100 01011 0101 11010 111 1100110 111 0100101 101 110101 11010 100010 10101010 0010 101110101 110001 1101 1011 0101100 010 1110101 111101101 011101011 101010 1000101 1101010 0101 101110100 110011111 10110 111101 111 0100101 101 110101 11010 101110100 1011110100 10100 11010101 1110001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines positive is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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