This is an analysis of the poem We Two Boys Together Clinging that begins with:

WE two boys together clinging,
One the other never leaving,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaXaXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 10101010 111011011101010 1001011101010 111010101010 111101101010010 100 1010101011010101 01101110 10101101010100 10 010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 560
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of We Two Boys Together Clinging;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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