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

The heads of strong old age are beautiful
Beyond all grace of youth. They have strange quiet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdbXbXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0101111100 01110111110 0100110001 1101101010 0111110011 1011010101 101110101111 01011101001 1001101101 10100110111 0111011001 0111011000 101101011001 11011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 649
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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