This is an analysis of the poem To Have A Peace Felt That Is Realistic that begins with:

Today it's so hard...
To do what's right....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABABBCbccXd ABABABBBD ACEBDF ABCEBDF ABBCEBDFXAdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,9,6,7,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011 0111 011 10101 011 101101 1111 1000011011 1010100 111010 1110011 010101 1010 01011 0111 011 10101 011 101101 1111 01011 101010 01011 1000011011 1110011011 01011 101010 110101110100010 01011 10101 1000011011 1110011011 01011 101010 110101110100010 01011 10101 1111 1000011011 1110011011 01011 101010 110101110100010 01011 010101011001010 110100011100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • 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.

    The author used the same word today at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word statistics at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of To Have A Peace Felt That Is Realistic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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