This is an analysis of Let Us Have Peace by Eugene Field.

In maudlin spite let Thracians fight
Above their bowls of liquor;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc XdXd XeXe Xfdf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01011101 0111010 11111101 1101110 11011101 1101010 11111111 1111010 111010101 0111111 11111101 1001010 11111111 1111011 11010111 0111011 11011001 1111010 11011001 1111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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