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

I launch myself across the dry and open narrows,
My carriage plunging into green as if a ketch, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbX abbX aca cac XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010111010 110100011001 100101110001 1111001101010 0111010111010 111101111101 110111011101 0101010011110 110101010101 111101010101 110101010101 1101010101011 010111111101 110101011111 10100010110100 10101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

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