This is an analysis of the poem Friend that begins with:
Art thou abroad on this stormy night
on thy journey of love, my friend? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abX aXb XX XaXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110101 11100111 01111001 111101 10101110111111 01011 11110011 1101111 1111001110 1111001010 11101011110 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; i, of, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, by are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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More information about poems by Rabindranath Tagore
- Analysis of Lover's Gifts Ii: Come To My Garden Walk
- Analysis of My Friend
- Analysis of Lover's Gifts Iv: She Is Near To My Heart
