This is an analysis of the poem Comradeship that begins with:

OF ALL the ships that sail life's sea,
The Comradeship's the one for me;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbbaXccdd eeffffggbb XXhhiijjee aAggbXggkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011111 010000111 01011101 01011111 11011101 010001100 01110111 01011111 11011001 110101001 010000111 11010101 110101001 01001101 11010001 01110100 11110101 10110101 11011111 11110001 11110101 010101000 00111101 01010111 11010101 11010111 10010101 11100101 01011101 01010101 01011111 010000111 01010101 01011101 11011001 1111101000 01010101 11010101 10010101 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; her, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Comradeship;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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