This is an analysis of the poem What It Means To Have Peace that begins with:
If I have witnessed division and conflict,
As did my parents and theirs before them too......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXXbcdXXece edbbffa XXeab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,7,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110010110 10110110101 0001101 1010001 0101010 101011 110101110 1010101011010 10111 1010010100110 10101101110010 110111 0101100100 01010100101010 0101001010 1101011 110100101010 110100011010 0101010 11010010101 11101010101 110 11111111111 010011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What It Means To Have Peace;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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