This is an analysis of the poem Love And Friendship that begins with:

Love is like the wild rose-briar,
Friendship like the holly-tree --... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXabacbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 1010101 01001101101 11011100 01110010001 01010101 11110101 111101101 11010111 11100101 11010111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 448
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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