This is an analysis of the poem Key To Friendship that begins with:

The key to friendship
Is not in the hand you hold...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abb cc dd ee ff Agg baX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,2,2,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 0100111 111101 0100111 110101 011110101 11011011 01001010 1001110 010010 11101110110 01010 010110010 101101010 111101101 110101010 110011010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; you, not, it's are repeated.

    The author used the same word it's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Key To Friendship;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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