This is an analysis of the poem To A Youthful Friend that begins with:
Few years have pass'd since thou and I
Were firmest friends, at least in name,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcdc efef fdfd ghgh gaga icic gaga ecec bgbg fafa dfdf dada eded gggg jdXd bkbk gjgj lflf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10111111 01011101 11010100 01110101 11111111 11010101 11111101 11011111 11010101 11010101 01110101 01110101 01010101 01010101 01110111 11110111 11010101 11010111 11100101 11010101 01110101 11010101 101011101 11110001 11110101 10010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11110101 11000101 11011000 11010101 110011111 11111111 01010101 11111101 11110111 01000101 10010101 11110101 110101001 10110110 11111111 110010110 11011111 11111101 11010111 11011101 11110101 11110101 01010101 11011101 11010101 01010101 11110101 111001001 11110101 01011101 11110101 110010101 11010110 110101101 11110101 11110101 01010101 11000101 111110001 01010101 10010101 110100111 01100101 11110101 11110101 01010111
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, can, no are repeated.
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