This is an analysis of the poem To A Friend that begins with:

With a Volume of Verses.
TO you who dwell withdrawn, above ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dada efef ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0010010 01110101 0111001 10110101 110101 01111111 010100 111101001 110101 11111101 110101 11110111 011101 110100101 110101 01010101 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of To A Friend;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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