This is an analysis of the poem The Best Friend I Have Discovered that begins with:

I have stopped paying the price,
For decisions you've made to make......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXaabXXXbbb acadXb aecXdc AafXdfeecX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,6,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001 10101101 1101100101 1000100 1001011011 1101011100100 001101010 1100101010 111101100111 10010010010 011101011101001 111100010 01011101 1101110001 10010110011 101001100010 111010111 11 11010010 01010101 111010 00110101 00101 1111001 001011100 11100110111 0101101110 001000101 11101000100 011011110 0111101 0111101001 00100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; to, i, have are repeated.

    The author used the same word i 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 The Best Friend I Have Discovered;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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