This is an analysis of A Friend That Sticketh Closer Than A Brother by John Newton.
One there is, above all others,
Well deserves the name of friend;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dbdbbb aeaeaa Xfbfaa gdgdhh icicjj
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 11001110 1010101 00101010 1011111 1110101 1010101 10111011 1111111 11101011 1010101 0110101 1000101 11101010 1011111 11111010 1110001 1110111 1110101 11111100 1010101 1011101 1100001 1110101 1011101 11101010 1110101 101001110 1111111 1101101 1011101 11111010 1111101 10101110 1011101 1111111 1011111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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