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

Urging my horse into the wind, I spare
No spur. Woods, valleys, rocks, in surge rush by ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXb bXXX aXcXbac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011000111 1111010111 11010101001 1101010001 1111010101 1101110101 1011011011 0101010111 1101110101 1100010111 0111010111 0101010111 1111110101 11000100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; in is repeated.

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

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

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