This is an analysis of To Peace by Katharine Lee Bates.

THE cup, the ruby cup
Whence anguish drips,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefghgh
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 010101 1101 110101 0111 111111 1101 111101 1101 110011 1111 010101 1111 010101 0111 0100111 11
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16