Analysis of Peace
Alfred Noyes 1880 (Wolverhampton) – 1958 (Isle of Wight)
Give me the pulse of the tide again
And the slow lapse of the leaves,
The rustling gold of a field of grain
And a bird in the nested eaves;
And a fishing-smack in the old harbour
Where all was happy and young;
And an echo or two of the songs I knew
When songs could still be sung.
For I would empty my heart of all
This world's implacable roar,
And I would turn to my home, and fall
Asleep in my home once more;
And I would forget what the cities say,
And the folly of all the wise,
And turn to my own true folk this day,
And the love in their constant eyes.
There is peace, peace, where the sea-birds wheel,
And peace in the breaking wave;
And I have a broken heart to heal,
And a broken soul to save.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB CDCD EFEF GHGH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 110110101 0011101 010110111 00100101 0010100110 1111001 01101110111 111111 111101111 1101001 011111101 0101111 0110110101 00101101 011111111 00101101 111110111 0100101 011010111 0010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 691 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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