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

My child wafts peace.
When I lean over him,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbX aXc XcXa AbXa bX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,4,2,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 111101 00110101 1010010101 100111101 1101111 101111 11010 110101000100100 1010 1111 0101101 1110 101 0010010010100101 1010101110010 0101100110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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