This is an analysis of the poem To A Friend that begins with:

I ask but one thing of you, only one,
That always you will be my dream of you; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacXcddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111101101 1111001101 1101110101 1011011101 0101010101 100010111 1111010111 0101110101 1101010101 0101011000 11011010001 1111010101 0001010111 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 580
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

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