Analysis of Peace
Eleanor Agnes Lee 1841 (Arlington County, Virginia) – 1873 (Lexington, Virginia)
Suddenly bells and flags!
Suddenly -- door to door --
Tidings! Can we believe,
We, who were used to war?
Yet we have dreamed her face,
Knowing her light must be,
Knowing that she must come.
Look -- she comes, it is she!
Tattered her raiment floats,
Blood is upon her wings.
Ah, but her eyes are clear!
Ah, but her voice outrings!
Soon where the shrapnel fell
Petals shall wake and stir.
Look -- she is here, she lives!
Beauty has died for her.
| Scheme | ABXB XCXC XXXA XDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 100101 100111 101101 110111 111101 100111 101111 111111 10011 110101 110111 11011 110101 101101 111111 101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 440 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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