This is an analysis of the poem On The Friendship Betwixt Two Ladies that begins with:

Tell me, lovely, loving pair!
Why so kind, and so severe?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dede fgfg gaga ahah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1111101 1110011 1001011 1010101 10100101 1010101 1011101 1010101 101111 1110101 1001111 1010101 1110101 1110101 0111101 1010111 101001 1011111 1010111 1110111 1110101 11100101 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; so is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word why is repeated.

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