This is an analysis of the poem Be A Friend that begins with:
Be a friend. You don't need money;
Just a disposition sunny;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXcc aaaaddcc bbbbeecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00111110 10101010 10101010 10111110 10101010 10111000 1000111 0011111 00111110 10001010 11101010 11101010 10111010 10111010 1010101 1010001 00101010 11101010 10111010 01101010 11101010 10100110 1010001 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Be A Friend;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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