This is an analysis of the poem The Companions that begins with:
How few are they that voyage through the night
On that eternal quest,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa XbXb cdcd XeXeXabab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111110101 110101 11110111 110111 1111010110 010101 111100001 111101 1111110111 110111 01110101 1100101 11000100101100 11100001 100101001 010111 111101101101 110111 01001010001 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Companions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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