This is an analysis of the poem To A Female Friend that begins with:

Your lips bewitch with sweet enchantment,
Your gaze reveals a deep abyss;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc cada dXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 11010101 110101010 01010111 110101010 110101010 010101010 1001110010 010011010 11010011 110100010 110111001 110101010 0101010011 10101011 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; your is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word your at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of To A Female Friend;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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