This is an analysis of the poem The Friend that begins with:
We sat across the table.
he said, cut off your hands. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXC adcXC eeedX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1101010 111111 11111011 1111 111 1111010 111110 00111111 01111 111 11111 110111 11001 11110 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; said, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, it, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines said is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word yes at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Friend;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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