This is an analysis of True Friendship by George Moses Horton.
Friendship, thou balm for ev'ry ill,
I must aspire to thee;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaab acXac dcddc efeef afaaf dcXdc ghgghXbfbbf
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Metre: 10111101 110101 11010101 11010101 110101 10000101 110101 11010110 11010101 110101 10010101 010001 11110101 01000101 010001 10110101 110001 11110101 01010101 111111 10110101 010101 11011101 10111101 110101 11110111 111101 11110100 01010101 110101 10110101 010001 10010101 11010101 100101 10010101 010101 01011101 11010111 110111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
and, when, nor
