This is an analysis of the poem Friendship And Love that begins with:
A DIALOGUE: Addressed to a young Lady.
Friendship:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a bbccbb d eeffgg a XXhhcc d iijjkkhh hhggggggjjll jjgg gghXXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,8,12,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010100110 10 01110100101 11100010111 1111010101 1011010111 1101001111 1101010101 1 1011010111 1101010101 1101001011 01010010101 0101001101 01111101011 10 01010100111 11001011101 1001011101 0101011111 1011011101 0101010101 1 1011111001 11010101001 1001110101 1111110001 10110010011 11001011111 101110001001 1100110101 1111010101 01011100101 11001010101 0101010001 0101010101 010111101 1011011101 0110010101 0101110101 11010000101 1111110101 0101010111 1101010101 1101010101 10011011101 1011010101 1001010101 10010010101 11110101001 11110110111 1111010111 0101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, love are repeated.
The author used the same word love at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.
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