This is an analysis of the poem Companioned that begins with:
I walked to-day, but not alone,
Adown a windy, sea-girt lea,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb XbXb cdXd ceceXabab
- 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: 11011101 10010111 110011001 10010111 010011000 01010111 10010111 0101011011 10110101 11010101 10010111 01010101 110101001 11110111 011111001 010011001 11111101 11010111 11111101 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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 Companioned;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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