This is an analysis of the poem Friends Beyond that begins with:
WILLIAM Dewy, Tranter Reuben, Farmer Ledlow late at plough,
Robert's kin, and John's, and Ned's,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBa cbccb cdX ded efX XfX cfXX aXgX bdgd ghX hahXaBa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,3,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101011111 1011111 101110101010111 10001101101101011 1 1110101 11111011101011 1 1010100011011101 0010101 001010101011100 111000101010101 1000001 101111100010101 10111111010101001 1100111 10111011111111100 1001111011111111010 110110101 11111110100011100 10101111011101111 1 1110110 1011101110101110 11111100101110101 10101110 1101111110101111 10 1101101010101010 1 1110101 111010100111111 1001011101011111 0110111 0010111000111100 101010101110111 1010101 111010101110101 101010101011111 1011111 101110101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, may, ye, if are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
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- summary of Friends Beyond;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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