This is an analysis of the poem On The Death Of Pushkin that begins with:
He fell, a slave of tinsel-honour,
A sacrifice to slander's lust;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaabcdefgggbhfhahihfjdjedbdeici ffiX klilbefcjijiXifi gkXk lebcXXlilkXkXghg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,4,16,4,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101010 01010101 010101010 11010101 110101110 01011100 110101010 11010111 110101010 010100111 100100010 011111001 111111010 01010101 010101010 01001101 100101001 01010101 010101010 01011101 0100010010 01000101 110101010 11010111 110001011 11010001 110101010 110101001 101101011 01110011 111101110 01111101 10110111 0101010111 10010101 01010101 101101110 010100101 111101010 011000101 010111110 110000111 101101010 01010100 100101111 11010101 110101111 100010011 0110111000 11010101 110110010 110010101 110101010 11110101 010101110 01010101 111100110 10010101 110110010 01111100 1001101100 111101010 111111110 01011111 100101110 01010101 0101011010 01011111 1110001010 11010101 111111011 110101011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 517
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, he, him, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase he connects the lines.
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