This is an analysis of the poem On The Field Of Kulicovo that begins with:
The river stretched. It flows, idly grieves,
And washes both banks. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbb cdcd eeee fefg beab egegXdede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101101 11011 01011101 1101 1101101011 110101 01110010101 0101 0111110101 111101 110011101 111 1001111101 1101 01010101 1111 11010110101 1111 01011111 11001 1110101111 1101 010111 1101 1101110101 1111 1111101 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and, blood are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word sun is repeated.
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