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

May never more of pensive melancholy
Within thy heart, beneath thy roof appear,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101010 0111011101 11010101010 1111010101 1111110101 1101010101 0101001101 1111010101 1101011101 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 437
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of To A Friend;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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