This is an analysis of the poem To My Friends that begins with:
Yes, my friends!--that happier times have been
Than the present, none can contravene;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccbadad eecffcghgh iicddcjaja kkchhckdkd llmnnmoaoa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111100110 100111101 101110101 101010001 101010111 001010001 101010111 101000101 111010111 1010101 101111101 001011101 101010001 101010111 101010011 111110101 001001101 001001101 101011111 1110101 0010011101 111110101 1011101011 101011101 1110100101 101110101 101010101 101010101 101010101 1010101 111110101 101010101 111010101 1010010111 10101010101 111011101 101011101 101010101 111010101 1010101 101011101 101011001 101011111 1110101001 101110111 100110011 1010101010 111010001 1110111010 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; but is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase gone connects the lines.
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- summary of To My Friends;
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