This is an analysis of the poem To S. F. S. that begins with:

They say that lonely sorrows do not chance:
More gently, I think, sorrows together go;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010111 11011100101 01110100101 0101110101 1101111101 10010000101 10110101011 1101011111 0111110011 1101110101 10011110101 1110111101 1101110101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 636
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of To S. F. S.;
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