This is an analysis of the poem He And I Had Been Friends that begins with:
Remember when you rejected my apology?
And I did my best......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCXXbXbb ABCXdXXdXef feXdgdhddXhg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,11,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101101010100 11011 010111110 1 11111010 1010100001 11111 1111111 111101110 0101101010100 11011 010111110 1 111100111 1111 010101 111101011 10101 11100 01 10111 11011001 111100111 01011 0101011010 1 11101 10101111 1 110101010 1101111101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i are repeated.
The author used the same word remember at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of He And I Had Been Friends;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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