This is an analysis of the poem J. D. R. that begins with:
THE friends that are, and friends that were,
What shallow waves divide!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa baba bcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111110 110101 110111001 110111 11111111 011101 10110111 010101 01010111 110101 11011111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me is repeated.
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