Analysis of The Two Friends
La Fontaine 1621 (Château-Thierry, Champagne) – 1695 (Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France)
AXIOCHUS, a handsome youth of old,
And Alcibiades, (both gay and bold,)
So well agreed, they kept a beauteous belle,
With whom by turns they equally would dwell.
IT happened, one of them so nicely played,
The fav'rite lass produced a little maid,
Which both extolled, and each his own believed,
Though doubtless one or t'other was deceived.
BUT when to riper years the bantling grew,
And sought her mother's foot-steps to pursue,
Each friend desired to be her chosen swain,
And neither would a parent's name retain.
SAID one, why brother, she's your very shade;
The features are the same-:-your looks pervade.
Oh no, the other cried, it cannot be
Her chin, mouth, nose, and eyes, with your's agree;
But that as 'twill, let me her favours win,
And for the pleasure I will risk the sin.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF CCGGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 011101 110111011 1111110011 1101111101 011010101 1101011101 11011110101 11111011 0101011101 11010110101 0101010101 1111011101 0101011101 1101011101 0111011101 111111011 0101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 775 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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