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

Lady of Light, and our best woman, and queen,
Stand now for peace, (though anger breaks your heart),... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXa aXa aXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011111011 1111110111 11111111001 1001111101 1111110100101 0010111001011 101001001011001 10010101001 1001001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, though, to, of are repeated.

    The author used the same word lady at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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