This is an analysis of the poem My Comrade that begins with:

Out from my window westward
I turn full oft my face; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXeX daeacfaX dafafgbg afdfhiaiXdghg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 111111 101001010 110101 1111011 00100101 11101110 11111100 11010110 111111 111101110 0010111 11011010 1110101 0101111 0111110 10111010 10100111 10111011 1110101 01011111 110101 1010010101 110111 1111110 111111 0111010 111101 10101010 011111 1111111 111101 11110110 111101 101110110 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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