This is an analysis of the poem There Is Something About Having Peace that begins with:

Everywhere I have been,
To travel and/or live....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX XcaXdc efdad fdXXf agghdg Xhhefabdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,5,5,6,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 010101 11011 0111010010 10010111 11001000100 0101000001 110010 1011 1010100 101111 111011 00101 10010111010 11100111 11000101 10101 100111011 11010 01110101 1110101001 00101111 010000111111 001000001 1010010 01010100110 1101101 0010101000101 1101101101000101 11 11110 111001101 101001101 0010010101001 11110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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

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

  • summary of There Is Something About Having Peace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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