This is an analysis of the poem Just Two Friends that begins with:
I ve only got two friends on earth :
I owe them both a debt ; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bX bc dc D e eX ea dc D b cX cb dXXD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011111 110101 11011101 1110111 11100101 111001 11111111 110111 110101001 011101 11011101 111111 11110101 01101 11011101 110111 11011111 010110 111111101 1100101 11111111 1111001 11111100 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 47
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, me, my, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, they are repeated.
The author used the same words i, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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