This is an analysis of the poem Peace Proposal that begins with:
Said General Clay to General Gore really must we fight this silly war
To kill and die in such a bore I quite agree said General Gore...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbabbbbbaaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1100101001101110101 01110101110111001 110010100111100101 1111001010101011001 110010100111110101 110011111111111001 110010100111001101 110010101010111001 110010100111110101 11110111011111001 110010100111010101 11011011110111001 0100110100111011101 111110110100111001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 970
- Average number of words per stanza: 185
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; general, said, to, clay, gore, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word said is repeated.
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