This is an analysis of the poem The Comedian that begins with:
Whatever the task and whatever the risk, wherever
the flag's in air,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcdeeed fgXghijjji fkcklmlllm bmXmhahhha
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001111001010 0101 010100101010 0101 111111111 11100100 1100101111 110100101 1011110011 10100100 1100100101111 01011 0111110100 101111 1111011111 1001110 110100101 110110111 1000100111 11001010 110100111110 110010 1111001100 01111010 11111111111 101010 1101101100 1010111100 1101100101 11001010 0100100101101 01110 11000101010100 0110 1111101011 01001010 110101111 010100101 110110101 11011010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 387
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; men, and, he, to, at are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, he are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.
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- summary of The Comedian;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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