Analysis of The Peacemaker
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
To the world-wanderer Samarkand is near,
The broad Pacific but a narrow strait.
To him old China at the Asian gate
A neighbor is, an elder brother dear.
Toward savage coasts he dares his bark to steer,
Bidding the tempest bear him on in state.
He knocks at tombs where kings their summons wait,
And meets the gods of eld in deserts drear.
So to the traveller who has long explored
Tropics of sickness, rocky wastes of pain,
Or arctic solitudes of icy sorrow—
To him is death no foe remote, abhorred,
But a wise friend, a peacemaker who fain
Would marry loud today with shy tomorrow.
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Metre | 1011001011 0101010101 1111010101 0101110101 01101111111 1001011101 1111111101 0101110101 11010011101 1011010111 110111010 1111110101 101101011 1101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 460 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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