This is an analysis of the poem The Best Of Friends that begins with:

Everything you do.
EVERYTHING, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcbddb aefefeX cbegXgb X aXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,7,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 101 11 0101 1110001 01111 11101101 11101010111 10011001 1 0110001 01111110110 0100111 00101000010110111 1100 0110100 1111011011010 0100101 01 1111010010 101010 01011111011010 1111011 111011 1 11 1111010111 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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 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; as, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word everything is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Best Of Friends;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar