This is an analysis of Friendship by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Dear friend, I pray thee, if thou wouldst be proving
Thy strong regard for me,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dbdb efef dgdg hhhh
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111011010 110111 11111100110 111111 11011101011 110111 11011101011 101101 11010101010 110101 11111101010 010011 11011101110 111101 11110001010 111101 01011111010 110111 11011101010 111111 01010101110 011111 11011100010 010111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24