This is an analysis of the poem Lines To A Married Friend that begins with:
There are flowers that never wither,
There are skies that never fade,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd cecefgfg hihidede fjfjfkfk ehXeliliXadadjiji
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011010 1111101 11111010 10100101 111010010 0010101 10111010 1011001 10011110 1110101 10111010 00100100 10111110 1010101 11111110 10110101 10101111 1000101 10101011 0010111 10101010 1000101 010101010 1010101 10111010 1010101 10100110 1011101 10101010 0011001 101010010 0010101 10101010 1010001 00111010 0110111 110101010 11000111 100101010 1011101 11111010 1010111 10111010 0010001 10101110 011001001 10101010 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; there, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Lines To A Married Friend;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
