This is an analysis of the poem Chatyr Dah that begins with:

The trembling Muslims kiss your foot and pray out loud,
O mast of the Crimean tall ship Chatyr Dah, ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa abba ccc ccc XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100101111111 110011011101 10101011100 110101010001 110101010001 1111001110111 010111000101 110100110101 111111110111 10111110111 11101110011 0101010100011 010100010111 110111010101 10100010110100 10101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; our, and are repeated.

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