This is an analysis of the poem Comrades An Episode that begins with:

Before, before he was aware
The 'Verey' light had risen… on the air... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbcddbbbbefeXeXeXeXdXXXgghbb eeiibhhhh ffee bbcceX eefXee eXeXbhhccjjccXX cchhddb ccikkffecebXXXbhheX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,9,4,6,6,15,7,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 0101110101 01100 1111101 01000110101 0101 11 1111010101 10011011101 01110011101 101001 1001110101 1001111101 1111101 01 101010111010 11111 111010 0010111101 11 11111101 11111011110 10101111101 110111 11010 01011110110 11010111011 0101110101 1111 0100111 1011000111 1110101 100111011 1111110111 1001010101 0111 1011 1001110101 11011101 1101111111 0101100111 01001011101 0101011101 1010100101 1111110111 101010101 01010111111 1111110101 1001 11101111100 01001010111 1110011111 0111011001 111010011110 111000111 1001010110 1001110010111 101011 110101 1011110011 11110011 1010100101 001111101 1010110111 0101011111 11001011111 00101010101 11010101101 01010010110 1101111111 1101110011 111111011 10010101001 01110010101 0101101101 1101011111 0101010000 111101 010111 1111000111 11 110011 11110101001 1111001111 1011101111 01100101111 11001 111111 11101111101 1101011111 11111101010 110111011 10 111101 1111011001 1001010111 1011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; his, ', he, and, sir, to, in, they are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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