This is an analysis of the poem We Have Been Friends Together that begins with:
WE have been friends together,
In sunshine and in shade; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXdaD AeXeXdAD AcXcXdAd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 011101 11010111 010011 11010111 010111 1101010 1011111 1101010 1111101 10101110 1110011 11011111 110111 1101010 1011111 1101010 1110101 10111110 010100 01011101 111111 1101010 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; in is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, the are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word now at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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