This is an analysis of the poem After The Quarrel that begins with:

SO we, who've supped the self-same cup,
To-night must lay our friendship by;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdedebfbfaXaXegeghbhbidid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100111 01111101 11111101 11110101 11111111 11110111 01001100 11011101 11111011 11111101 11011101 011110101 11110111 11010101 01100101 11010101 11010101 11011111 11110101 11001100 01110111 11111101 01110111 11111111 10010010 11111110 01101101 10010101 11111101 11011101 100111111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 232
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; that, and, i, to are repeated.

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