This is an analysis of the poem To My Dear Old Friend, Mr. A. Shuman that begins with:
NOT many friends
Wish I you; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dbdbdbXdbdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 111 1101 101 1111 101 1001 001 1011 111 1001 111 1101 111 1001 111 1111 101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of To My Dear Old Friend, Mr. A. Shuman;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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