This is an analysis of the poem Lines To Him Who Will Understand Them that begins with:
THOU art no more my bosom's FRIEND;
Here must the sweet delusion end, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXaaccddeebbffgg bbaahhffggcciiffjjeekkaagg Xlaahhkk eemmnXlbffddaaeejjiiaaffffXbXnnii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,26,8,33,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 11010101 111101001 11010101 11011101 11010001 01011101 11110101 11010111 110011101 11110101 11011101 11010011 10110101 10010101 10110001 10111101 11011111 10111111 11010111 11010101 11011101 01110101 01010101 01010101 11010101 01011101 00110101 11010101 01011101 11011101 01010001 01011001 11010101 010110001 11010111 1011110011 1010110101 11010001 01010101 100110111 11011101 11011101 11100101 11111011 110001010 11010111 110101001 11010101 10011011001 010010101 11001101 10110111 01110011 11011101 100110101 11001111 01001110 011101010 11110101 01011111 111011001 10011111 01110101 01011101 11010111 101011101 01010101 11010011 01010001 11011101 11011111 10111101 11010101 11111101 10110111 11000101 11110101 111101010 11010111 11010101 10111101 101110101 110100011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
- Average number of words per stanza: 105
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, her, my, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words has, no are repeated.
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