Analysis of Peace
Edgar Albert Guest 1881 (Birmingham) – 1959 (Detroit, Michigan)
A man must earn his hour of peace,
Must pay for it with hours of strife and care,
Must win by toil the evening's sweet release,
The rest that may be portioned for his share;
The idler never knows it, never can.
Peace is the glory ever of a man.
A man must win contentment for his soul,
Must battle for it bravely day by day;
The peace he seeks is not a near-by goal;
To claim it he must tread a rugged way.
The shirker never knows a tranquil breast;
Peace but rewards the man who does his best.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111011 11111101101 1111010101 011111111 01001011101 1101010101 0111010111 1101110111 0111110111 1111110101 011010101 1101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 491 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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