This is an analysis of the poem When Friends Drop In that begins with:
It may be I'm old-fashioned, but the times I like the best
Are not the splendid parties with the women gaily dressed,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc aaaacc ddeecc ffaacc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001101011101 11010100010101 101011101010001 00101001010100101 101010100010101 1010101011010110 110101011111101 111110101011101 110111101110111 101000101111101 111111101010101 101001101010110 111010101111111 111010101110001 111011101110101 111011101110111 111010101011101 101111101010110 111110101010111 111110101110101 111011100011111 111110101111001 101110111010111 101011101010110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 379
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we, or, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word there's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word in at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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