This is an analysis of the poem Damon Vs. Pythias that begins with:
Two better friends you wouldn't pass
Throughout a summer's day,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb caca dede fgfg fhfh ibjb khkh hchc gbgb efef dada hihi chch afaf icjc lhlX cccc didi hbhbXacac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 010101 1101010 110101 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 11110011 110101 11010011 111001 11110111 011101 11011101 010101 01110111 110101 11011111 010001 11010101 010111 11010100 110111 11011101 010111 11111111 110111 01011101 110101 1110101 110101 11010101 010110 11010101 010101 11110111 1011101 11010101 100101 11110111 0100101 11011100 11011 01110001 111111 11011101 010001 11110111 011101 10010001 011101 11010111 110101 010100100 110101 01001101 010101 1100010 010101 1001010111 110001 01010101 0001010 1100101 1010001 11010001 010101 11110101 101101 01010101 1100111 11010111 111111 11111101 110101 11110001 011101 11000100 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
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