This is an analysis of the poem Friends Of Mine, They Are Fine Fellows that begins with:

Friends of mine, they are fine fellows,
Good men who keep their word and promise,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb cXcc Xdec adbc Xcde eXde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 011111110 1111111 110111011 01100101 111110011 11111010 10101010 01011111 111111010 01101100 10110010 11011010 11111110 1101101 111111010 10101010 10111010 10100010 11011110 11011010 11101000 11111011 11100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; you, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • history of its creation;
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