This is an analysis of the poem A Family Row that begins with:

I freely confess there are good friends of mine,
With whom we are often invited to dine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXXc ddeebbcc bbaaffcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001110101 01111001001 11111111101 11011001011 111101011001 11111111010 11101001011 11101101001 101001001001 11111011001 111001101101 101101111011 111101011011 11111111101 01101001011 11101101001 001001011101 111111011001 01011001001 11101111011 11101011101 111111001111 01001001011 111111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 373
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; my, to, and, you are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word row at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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