Analysis of To Peace
Katharine Lee Bates 1859 (Falmouth) – 1929 (Wellesley)
THE cup, the ruby cup
Whence anguish drips,
At last is lifted up
Against our lips.
Though we, till seas run dry,
Your lovers are,
How can we put it by,
Red cup of war?
We champion your task;
Your wounds we bind;
Behind the battle mask
Our eyes are kind.
Upon this foaming edge
Of blood and flame,
With shuddering lips we pledge
Your name.
Scheme | ABABCDCEFGFGHIHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101 1101 111101 01101 111111 1101 111111 1111 110011 1111 010101 10111 011101 1101 1100111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 331 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 260 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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