This is an analysis of the poem To My Enemy that begins with:
Let those who will of friendship sing,
And to its guerdon grateful be,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abac ddbd XeXe XbXb fcfc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11100101 10010100 11010101 01111100 11010111 11111101 11011111 11011101 11111101 11111101 11010111 01010011 110101010 11111001 11010110 01010101 11110111 01011100 11110101 01111100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of To My Enemy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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