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

With imagination...
Free we are to deliver, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEEDFG XcdedcXhXdh IGG gcaXda IGG ABCDEEDFG dgXcgegXgdjX eXdgedgej IGGXgagec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,11,3,6,3,9,12,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001010 1110010 11010 101010010 01100101 00111 01110 110111 1101 1011 0101001101 1110111 101 00101 1011000101 010110010 110101 111 00100 010101001 00011111 100010101 001001110 10101101 01 01111010 01111010 0010100 000101010 00011111 100010101 001001110 001010 1110010 11010 101010010 01100101 00111 01110 110111 1101 101 100101 10011 110101 01001 101011 01111001 1 1101 0101101 00010101 011001100 11011001 010110000 01100111 01011101 1 0001 11001 01001101 01101010101 00011111 100010101 001001110 11 0110101001 001001010 11111001 10100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • 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:

    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 is repeated.

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

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

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