This is an analysis of the poem To A False Friend that begins with:
Our hands have met, but not our hearts;
Our hands will never meet again. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABbbabABXCXcXcaC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 11010101 1011100 1110101 11011111 11011101 11111111 11010101 1110111 11111101 10010101 10010101 1111100 011111001 11111111 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 555
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words our, friends, i are repeated.
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