This is an analysis of the poem Friends Do Not Accept A Disrespecting that begins with:

People who disrespect themselves,
And call themselves friends......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAB cXXbab DCE bcXaa DCEXb AABXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,3,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 11011 11 1 1010011101 1110101010 1001001100101 111011 0010000101 1110101010 100111010 011111101 10010111011 000100010101001 01001110010 100100010001011 01 1110101010 100111010 011111101 10101 110011101111 10110101 11011 11 111010111 001001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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