This is an analysis of Pacifist War Song - 1917 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

We are the valiant Knights of Peace
Who prattle for the Right:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX abab cbcb dede fdfX dddd gdgd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 11000101 011101 11100101 110111 11110101 110101 11010101 110001 01011101 1100001 11110001 110101 11010101 110111 11110101 111101 11110101 110101 111100101 011101 11111101 100101 11001111 1111110 11100101 1111110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28