This is an analysis of Peace On Earth by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
He took a frayed hat from his head,
And “Peace on Earth” was what he said.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXaa ddb beeffddggaa ddd aaeedXggaaagghhiijjikllaabbkk ggccmmdddXiijjggg
- Stanza lengths: 9,3,11,3,29,17,
- Metre: 11011001 11111111 01010111 11110111 11110101 11111101 11111100 11010111 11011111 11110101 11010111 10100111 01110101 11011111 01011111 111111111 01011101 11110101 11110101 11110011 11001101 01011111 11011101 11110111 11111101 11011101 01011111 11111001 11010111 10010101 10110101 01010100 11110111 11110101 11110001 11011101 11011111 11010101 01010011 11010101 01010101 111101001 01010101 11111111 11011111 10111101 11110111 11011111 01111011 11001011 11100001 11011011 01011101 11001101 11110101 11111101 11111111 11111101 11110011 11110101 11111101 11011101 11010111 11011101 010010101 0100001 10111011 01010110 11010101 11010111 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 71
Repeated words/phrases
i, might, that, and, his
Anaphora
i, his
