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

Three Holies sat in sacred place
And quaffed celestial wine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacX dddXeXeX fgfXgcgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 1100101 11010101 010001 11100101 110111 01010101 010010 11110101 011111 010010101 010101 01011111 110101 01000111 0100010 11011101 010100 11111101 010100 11111101 100101 10010101 1010000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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