This is an analysis of the poem My Friend, My Friend that begins with:
Who will forgive me for the things I do?
With no special legend of God to refer to,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabA aabA aabA aXbA AabAXaabAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001110111 011010010010 01111001101 11010100001 1011111011 11010010011 1111111100 011010110010 110101111101 1111010101 010011111100 11010100001 1011010111 110111110101 10111101111 011010110010 1001110111 011100010010 11110110110 11010100001 10111101111 01111010111 0111011111 011010110010 11010100001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, you, my, because are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, i, because are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word jew at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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