This is an analysis of I Find No Peace by David McKee Wright.

I find no peace, and all my war is done.
I fear and hope. I burn and freeze like ice.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcaacbaadeade
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111111101 1111111111 110101111101 11111101110 110110101010 11011111111 11011111101 11010101010 011011101111 101001011111 11010111111 111010110111 1110011111 1101010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

i, and, me, nor

Anaphora

i