This is an analysis of the poem Friendship that begins with:

Friendship! peculiar boon of Heaven,
The noble mind's delight and pride,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef dbdb cfcf ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 100101010 01010111 011101010 01010101 11010101 100101010 01010101 110101010 01110101 011010101 11010101 0101000001 11010101 11110101 01110101 110100101 01000111 11111101 11010001 11010101 11110101 11010101 11110101 11110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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