This is an analysis of the poem Friendship that begins with:
Dear friend, I pray thee, if thou wouldst be proving
Thy strong regard for me,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dbdb efef dgdg hhhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011010 110111 11111100110 111111 11011101011 110111 11011101011 101101 11010101010 110101 11111101010 010011 11011101110 111101 11110001010 111101 01011111010 110111 11011101010 111111 01010101110 011111 11011100010 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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