This is an analysis of the poem To A False Friend that begins with:
Adieu!—'tis past—the dream is over,
And we are friends no more;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dddddd efefbb eXefab egegaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101010 111111 111110010 111101 11110111 11110001 101111110 111111 110111110 111101 11011101 111100101 101111010 111111 010111010 111101 01110101 01010111 111101010 1101100 111101010 011101 010101010 11000101 010101110 111111 111111010 001111 111111110 110111110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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