This is an analysis of the poem The Peace Of Dives that begins with:
The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay:
'Our World is full of wickedness, My Children maim and slay,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabba ccaaX ddbbX eeffe ggccX XccXc hhhhh Xcffc aaccX bbCCX cccbc bbccb iiXfX ccbbc ccffc jfkkj Xleel dhfXd mmccm ffccf jjggj bbCCX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101001111 11010100110111 10111110 1111000 10100110011 111111110111 111011101100101 1101111 10101111 111110111100 1100111101010 110101000101010 1100101 1010001 1111010010 0111010111101 111000101010101 1010111 1110101 1111010101 1111110010101 110101000011 111111 1010011 11111010111 11001101010111 11110100110101 1110111 11101100 101011010111 1100110110101 11111011010101 1111111 1011101 10101010001 101101010100101 111010101110111 1111111 1010101 111010011 110101100101 111000100011111 110111 110111 101010101001 1101011010101 11001101110001 1011101 1011111 101111101001 11001101010111 0101110001111 1110111 1110101 10111110111 10110101010001 11101010111001 1111111 101101 111110011 110101101101 11001100110101 1011101 1110111 111010111110 11001011111101 1010100101110101 111111 1110101 11111111111 1111010111101 101110101110101 111111 1111111 11111110001 11011101110111 111010100010001 1110011 1010101 11110100001 11110110010011 11010010011101 1110101 1010111 11101011101 1110011010101010 111110101110101 1010101 1010101 101010111010 111010101010101 11000100010111 1111101 110101 11101010011 111011101110111 111010111110101 1010111 10011111 10101110111 111010101010111 11011101010101 1010101 10100101 1111010101 10011100100111 11100100110001 1011101 1011111 101111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 110
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thy, their, i, gold, all, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, 'who, 'and are repeated.
The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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