This is an analysis of Dear Friends by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Dear Friends, reproach me not for what I do,
Nor counsel me, nor pity me; nor say…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdecde
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 1101111111 1101110111 1111011101 1101110101 1011001111 1101110111 0101010001 0101010101 1101111111 1101000101 0101011101 1111010010 0111110011 0111110011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
me, nor
Anaphora
and, the