This is an analysis of the poem Constancy.From The Russian that begins with:
A raven on a branch is sitting;
By him comes another flitting... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbXb ccddXaadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101010 11101010 10111010 11101110 11101011 10101111 1010101 1010101 111100101 0010101 1010111 1010111 011101010 10101010 111011111 0010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; s, baron are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us is repeated).
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