This is an analysis of the poem The Bakchesarian Fountain that begins with:

A TALE OF THE TAURIDE.
Mute sat Giray, with downcast eye,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababcddceeXfdgdgg fhfheddeegg iXjX kkgccgchhckakaehehllmmhXhXgmgmcjXjchhmcmcddjnnj dldldaaddehheggeegmchc eXenbfbfhhacXaaeejgjg e a mhXh X bgbg X Xhbh XbhhbbXg ffggddXjhj hhihhiii gghhccddddmjjmhmhcXjdjXflfldcdcd mffmfddddhcchchhcacac mfm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,11,4,47,22,21,1,1,4,1,4,1,4,8,10,8,32,21,24,22,35,10,14,13,16,18,22,22,33,19,19,14,20,42,22,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010010 11100111 111101011 010100101 011001011 01011101 111111010 111111010 01010101 101101110 1101001010 11000010 011000101 11100101 10010101 01010001 11111101 01010001 11110101 11110101 01011101 11010011 100101010 11011101 11010101 110011010 111101110 01110101 11011101 11010101 11110110 1100101010 01000101 110001010 110011110 01111101 110111010 101111010 10110101 11010101 110101010 100111010 110101001 000101010 11101101 010101110 11111101 1101010100 110111110 0100111100 010111010 01010101 11010001 000100001 11010101 11010101 01100010 01110101 110101010 10110101 001101010 01010001 011111110 11010101 010101010 110100100 010101010 11001101 01110101 11011101 10011001 110101010 11010101 010101010 11110111 10110111 010111110 01010101 11010101 111101110 10010101 01011101 10010101 11110001 11011111 11110101 100100001 11010001 110100101 101101010 101010101 11011101 010101110 010011001 10010101 110101010 110101010 110001001 111100110 11110101 110100010 01010001 110101010 010001101 110111110 010101001 110101011 10010101 110101010 11011101 100101010 100001010 01010101 011101010 1001010100 01010101 110010111 110111010 110101010 111101010 11000101 110101010 110101001 101 1 1010101010 10010101 100101010 11000100 1 111111011 1100101001 010101111 11010111 1 111111010 11011101 011101010 1100101001 111101010 110100010 10111111 10110101 11010101 11011001 110101110 01101011 11111101 11011001 10111101 01010111 11010111 11011111 111111010 100101010 111101010 110101010 11111101 11010101 111100110 10111101 10010101 110101010 10011011 01010101 01010101 11010001 11011001 11011101 0110111 11010101 11110101 100101010 010100101 110101110 10010101 010100010 100101110 01010101 0100010010 11110101 1100111010 010101010 011101110 011101010 110110010 010101010 1110010100 100111101 01010101 110010101 11000101 11111001 100111010 01010101 000101010 11010101 11010101 1101010010 101101010 010010001 100101010 01010101 010011010 011101110 01010100 01000101 01010101 10011001 01010101 01100101 11011001 01011101 01110001 01010111 01001101 10011101 11010101 010101010 01000101 1000100010 11110001 01010101 010101010 01010101 11010100 010101010 01010101 110001110 01110001 111111010 00111101 11010101 011111010 01010111 01001101 110101010 11001001 010111010 01111101 100100010 11010101 01010101 11010111 010101010 010101100 010001010 11010101 010101010 01010101 101111010 01000101 010101010 01010101 010101010 11011111 10010001 010101010 01010101 11010101 1011101010 110101010 100010111 11010101 110101010 0100100101 101101010 01010101 1111001010 11010011 10011101 010001100 01000111 010101010 1110001010 01011101 110101001 01011101 01100101 110101010 1010101001 010111010 01110101 1001101010 10011101 010101010 11010101 010101010 01010101 111101010 10010101 100101010 11010101 110101010 10110101 111101010 11110100 11110001 11010101 010011111 11010111 11010101 01110001 11001101 11010101 010101110 01110101 110101010 11010101 01011101 11110101 01110101 11010011 101101110 10010101 11011111 010101010 01010111 11110101 10010111 01111111 11010101 10011011 0111010010 10110101 11010101 11011111 01000101 01010101 11010101 10111101 110001001 01010111 01110101 01111101 1001110101 01000101 100011101 110010101 10111101 010100100 11011101 11011011 011101001 01111101 010010101 10010001 11010111 01110101 11010101 11010101 11011101 111101010 01110111 10010001 101101010 01010101 110011010 100101001 11000101 110111001 1001101101 011100101 11010001 11011101 11110001 11010111 11010101 11010111 11011101 11101101 11110111 01110101 10110011 1101010010 110101010 11010111 11110111 111101100 11111101 111101010 11010101 111111010 11011101 10010101 10111001 01011111 01010101 10010101 11011101 11010101 01110101 100101010 11101111 110011010 11010111 111010110 110101010 01011101 01010001 01011101 01000101 101100101 11111101 10010101 01010101 11110101 110101110 11110010 100101010 101101001 10110111 11011111 01011101 01010111 11010111 11110001 11001101 01011101 01111001 11010111 111010110 110100101 111100010 11111111 110111010 110111000 01011001 11111111 10010101 11010101 01111111 11010110 10010111 11110111 11010111 101110001 11111111 01100101 010101010 10110111 111101010 10010111 11001101 01111011 01011101 11010011 11110101 11010001 11111111 11010111 11110111 00010101 11110101 11101101 01010111 1100011 01100111 11010001 01010001 10010101 01010101 101001110 11011111 010101010 11010101 11010101 10110101 01010111 11111111 01011111 011101111 11010101 10010101 10010111 10010101 11010101 11011111 110111001 10010101 01010011 01110101 11010011 01110101 10110101 010101010 010111010 110111010 011101010 01000101 01011101 01100111 100101010 011001010 101111010 11110101 00010111 01011101 01001101 11100101 01010111 01011101 11000101 01000101 010101100 01010101 01010001 01000101 10010011 10010101 111111100 110100101 11010101 11011111 01010101 01111111 11010001 110010101 01000101 11010101 11010111 110001010 010101010 11011101 11010111 01010111 01010101 101110001 110101001 01010101 010101001 11010101 010100111 01110111 11010101 11010001 01010111 010010101 10010101 110101001 110110101 11111111 11110101 01111111 11010101 11001111 010101010 0111010010 01111101 00100011 01011011 01011101 11111111 110101001 11010101 01011011 110001010 11010101 011001010 11011101 11110111 11011101 01010111 011101001 11010101 01111101 10110011 100111101 01010101 01010101 11111101 100110111 01010101 100101110 110111010 110100101 011101001 10010101 010101111 10110101 10110101 110100101 11000101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 43
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 622
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, he, to, with, more, her, in, nor, of, she, i, and, or, now, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, no, the, nor, her, , his, if, in, whose are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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