This is an analysis of the poem The Companion that begins with:

She was sitting on the rough embankment,
her cape too big for her tied on slapdash...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcdedccfXXcadbXXXabbaeaaXagfbgbeXdXXbgagbcafXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 49,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101010 0111101111 1011101001010 0110010100 10100101101 100111001 0101010111 111101110 1010011001 10101111 1110101111010 1110010100 11101011011 1001100110 010101101 01000110010 0101000010 1101011011 11111111101 011111011 10111101010 110101111 110101011 11011101010 10111100101 1001010101 01110111000 111111011 110011111000 11111011110 1111101010 1111000101 00100111 1011011011 11101101111 101001 11010111 111010001 11110101010 1001000110 10011100011 1101011111 11011111010 1110101101 1111 11011001 10101010 10010101 10010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1984
  • Average number of words per stanza: 383
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, her, and, i, you are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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