Analysis of War and Peace
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
"This war is a terrible thing," he said,
"With its countless numbers of needless dead;
A futile warfare it seems to me,
Fought for no principle I can see.
Alas, that thousands of hearts should bleed
For naught but a tyrant's boundless greed!"
* * * *
Said the wholesale grocer, in righteous mood,
As he went to adulterate salable food.
Spake as follows the merchant king:
"Isn't this war a disgusting thing?
Heartless, cruel, and useless, too;
It doesn't seem that it can be true.
Think of the misery, want and fear!
We ought to be grateful we've no war here.
* * * *
"Six a week"--to a girl--"That's flat!
I can get a thousand to work for that."
Scheme | AABBCC DD EEFFXX GG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110100111 1110101101 01011111 111100111 011101111 11101101 1 101100101 11110101001 11100101 101100101 10100101 110111111 110100101 1111101111 1 10110111 1110101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 650 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 1, 2, 6, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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