Analysis of Peace



Peace means soldiers can put down their guns
And mothers can welcome home their sons.
Peace means that silent place in your mind
That understands those not of your kind.

Peace makes you feel you must do your part
To ensure love’s always in your heart
Peace makes you feel beautiful inside
Contagious joy you just cannot hide.

Peace is the strength that’s given to few
To see someone else’s point of view.
Peace is each diplomat’s single goal
What he desires most deep in his soul.  

Peace means all the world’s children can play
With danger and violence held at bay.
Peace means, most of all, that we can live
In harmony if we’ll just forgive.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 111011111 010110111 111101011 10111111 111111111 10111011 111110001 010111101 110111011 11110111 11110101 1101011011 111011011 1100100111 111111111 010011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 659
Words 126
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

This was actually written in the 1990's. I can't remember exactly when. But, I never really liked how it turned out. It never quite got my message across and it was burdensome to read with all its meter issues. So, in 2012 I took another crack at it and this is the final result. I still don't like it, but it is a lot better than the original version.

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Written on 2012

Submitted by Nebula7693 on March 23, 2024

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