Analysis of Peace And Goodwill



The spirit of the season
is peace and goodwill.
Determined human reason
must these themes fulfill.

Here's to generosity
and unselfish care
in tandem with tolerance
throughout every year.

Conflict and strife are treason
that grand goals dispel.
Amity voids a lesion
to kindness instill.

Here's to loving charity
and benevolence
coupled with true comity
and munificence.

Extension of the season
as a daily drill
would resurrect peace on earth
and dissension quell.


Scheme ABAB CXDX AEAB CDCD ABXE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (40%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 0101010 11011 0101010 11101 110100 011 0101100 011001 1001110 11101 1001010 11001 1110100 00100 1011100 01 0101010 10101 101111 00101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 443
Words 73
Sentences 7
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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