This is an analysis of the poem Reply that begins with:
Dear friend, pray do not lose hope and faith;
no wonder if someone comes to you with another love token. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaa XbbX XXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111111 1100111010010110 111101001011 01011010000111 110100100110000101 1100111110111111 110100110010011 1010101101111 0010101010111011011010110 1101001011010010011101010 0111011111010100101110011101 1011010010101011101101000101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 73 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, like, he are repeated.
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- summary of Reply;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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