This is an analysis of the poem Friday* that begins with:
My silent Friday,
My deserted Friday,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaab aXXXcX aX dd ceeff Gbf Gbf X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,2,2,5,3,3,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 101011 1111110 0101 111 011010101 011010101 1111001 1001101 10111 1111 00101 10101 10101 10111010100101 101011111101 01010101011 010111111 11010001001 1110010010 1001100101 110100101 1110010010 100110101 110100101 01010100011101 011111000100011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, friday, of, and, this are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, the, oh, these, this are repeated.
The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines friday is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word pride at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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