This is an analysis of the poem Friends that begins with:
Ain't it fine when things are going
Topsy-turvy and askew...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefXgXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111110 1010101 00101110 0110101 10011110 1110101 10101110 0011101 11100010 1010101 11101110 0010101 10111010 1110101 11101100 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 496
- Average number of words per stanza: 94
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Friends;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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