This is an analysis of the poem To My Good Friend W. T. H. Howe that begins with:

Friend, for the sake of loves we hold in common,
The love of books, of paintings, rhyme and fiction;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaXXbXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11010111010 01010101110 11010101010 01011001010 11111101010 10010110110 01111000010 10111111100 01110101010 11010011010 01110111100 11011111110 01111111010 11010111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 666
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, love, that are repeated.

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