Analysis of A Tooth upon Our Peace



A Tooth upon Our Peace
The Peace cannot deface—
Then Wherefore be the Tooth?
To vitalize the Grace—

The Heaven hath a Hell—
Itself to signalize—
And every sign before the Place
Is Gilt with Sacrifice—


Scheme ABXB XABX
Poetic Form Rispetto 
Metre 0101101 011001 11101 1101 010101 0111 010010101 11110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 211
Words 38
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 19, 2023

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