This is an analysis of the poem The Best Friend that begins with:
Now shall I walk
Or shall I ride? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaa bXaX Xcbc XbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 1111 1000101 100101 1111 1111 100101 1110100 1111 1111 100101 1000101 1011 0100 1011 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of The Best Friend;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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