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

And sometimes I am sorry when the grass
Is growing over the stones in quiet hollows...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdXcd efefgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1011110101 010100101010 101010101011 11110101010 11110111010 0101010111 01111100 110110 0101111101 0101010101 01110101110 111111110101 1110100101010 1011110111 0101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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