This is an analysis of the poem Seek The Peace that begins with:
Unleash that beast that you keep.
It wants to knock you off your feet....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABABCD ABABABCD BBcEAB BBcEEEABBBXABABcEEB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,6,19,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111111 01011111 0111111 01011111 0111111 01011111 111100010 1011100 0111111 01011111 0111111 01011111 0111111 01011111 111100010 1011100 111001 0100011 1 101 111 10110111 111001 0100011 1 101 101 101 111 10110111 10110111 10110111 0111111 01011111 0111111 01011111 1 101 101 10110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 40
- 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, you, to, seek, peace, only, can, defeat, beast are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words seek, only are repeated.
The author used the same words unleash, rip at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines peace, beast are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words victory, beast at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase peace connects the lines.
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