This is an analysis of the poem The Bronze Horseman that begins with:

A Petersburg Story
1833...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xb cdX X efgeghhidifijiiiddhX idihbbibhhddXdhiih ghgdbhbhdjhjbbjjhjdjdjdddjdjbddbdXidjkhkkfhhf blbdjhhj jbibi b hhdddhjjmjjmhhdXbnbnoohdii Xjjajihidndhjdhigghjpi ipjjdjiheehdcX hjgjiohojXdjijijmlmeppiijchdddj ddhhdhqqjhhcinjbiigXXddhidijdmmd gijmmhjii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,3,1,20,18,45,8,5,1,26,22,14,31,32,31,9,1,14,17,57,56,20,33,27,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010010 1 1010 010001001001101 0010011100001010101 01001101001011111 10 10010111 11001111 110101010 11011101 1101101010 11010111 11010111 01000101 0101001 0011111 101011111 01010010 10110001 011101010 01110110 01010101 010011110 11011011 10110101 111111110 11110111 011101010 00111101 1011110 11010101 11100101 1110001 10010101 01011101 01010101 100111010 010110011 10010011 010111010 01010101 101100101 010001110 01110101 101100010 1110111 100101100 10111011 111101010 11110111 0101010010 01010011 010101010 01001011 010101110 11110111 01010111 11011101 00111011 01000101 111100110 01010101 011001110 10110101 11111010 11111111 01110110 01110101 011100110 11010011 010001010 10110101 110111010 00110011 11110101 110100010 01100101 11100110 010011010 11010101 111100110 11111011 010101010 11000101 11010101 01011101 11010111 01010101 10010111 10010111 110100110 11010101 0101010010 11010101 110100110 110101110 01010101 01010011 01011010 0101111 110101010 11000101 11 110010010 010101110 11000101 000100110 01011011 0011101010 10110111 01110101 101101010 110101001 10010101 110111010 0111011 0110001 001111010 0100101000 1001011 011001010 11010011 10110110 11000101 0111011 101001010 010111110 10111101 11010101 11011100 1101001 10011101 11101110 10110101 11111101 010101010 11111001 111101010 11110111 110101010 01011100 11010101 11111110 11010101 10111101 001001010 010101010 11011001 111110011 11100001 1111011 101010101 11110001 00011101 10011111 110010001 01011111 10000101 01110101 00010011 11110001 11110111 11111101 01011111 111101010 110110110 0101011 110110010 11010111 11010101 11010101 11110101 10010011 01011001 1011011110 110110110 01010101 10011011 11000101 11011101 11010011 110101010 10010110 110101110 11010111 010100010 101101110 10010111 11101101 110101010 11010011 11110111 010100010 111001001 11101001 10010101 110101010 10010110 01110001 01110011 010101110 01001010 01100110 01010111 01000111 0101 0100 11111111 10011101 1101 0111 1101000010 11010111 10010011 11110001110 100111010 100111010 00101101 011000110 100111110 01011101 111001010 01010101 10101110 11011001 0100100010 01010110 1110111 110101010 100101110 11011101 011110110 1110101010 11001101 01011101 1011101 10011111 10111011 1010101 10010011 1111011 1101111 11101101 010101010 01110101 010101010 11011101 1001010010 110111010 11111111 0111001 110100110 011101010 11111110 010101100 0111111 000111010 01010111 11010101 111101000 101101010 1011101 10110101 110100110 11110101 101001010 100110110 01010101 11 11100010 11000101 10111101 1011001010 1100010010 01010100 0010111 110001010 110111010 01110111 110111010 010101010 01010111 10110101 01010101 11011001 01111101 00111101 10011101 100101010 110100010 10011001 11001110 110111001 10111001 1001011 11000101 1101011 01001110 111100110 110001011 11010111 01110101 10110111 01001101 11110101 011110110 1101111 001101101 01110110 10111001 10111111 01010111 11011011 11010001 01010111 1101111100 11100011 111001010 11100011 11100110 10010101 11001010 10010101 110011110 110101010 11111111 1001111 11110101 11110111 11010101 11110101 10010101 11001011 10101101 01010101 010111110 01110011 01010011 1101111 0111100110 10111001 00110110 11010101 01011101 010111010 0101001110 11010101 01010101 0101001010 01000101 110101001 010001010 11010001 0101101 1100101 10100110 001010101 101001110 01010101 01001110 101010001 110111110 00111111 010111010 10110111 01111101 1011110010 10111011 11101001 1100100010 100101101 110101010 010110101 111111110 01110101 11011101 010100110 0111001 10010110 10110101 110110010 11010101 1110100101 110101010 11110011 10110111 111111010 11011111 110101010 01110011 11010101 11000111 11010101 10010101 010110111 011011111 10011101 10110101 1101101 100110010 110100110 11010101 1101111 01010101 00110101 01110111 1011101 011110110 110101010 100111011 100110110 011000110 01011011 10010011 01110001 11011101 11010101 10010101 01011111 11010111 01011011 11110101 01010111 11000101 0101011 101100110 11010001 1111111 101111110 1101010 11111010 000100110 01101011 01111001 01001101 11000101 00110101 11010111 101100010 010100110 01111001 011010101 010101010 11010111 100111010 10101000100 110100001 1010101001 11110011 11010111 00110001 1101001 11010101 11111010 101101010 001101010 01010101 01010101 110111010 10101101 010101110 10100101 11010111 100110101 11011011 11010101 100111110 01011011 010101100 01011111 010100110 100101010 11011111 101010101 11011 0110 10011101 01010111 110000110 01111011 11010111 000011011 01011101 110101010 01111011 011101010 01011011 1011011010 01010011 011101010 101011101 11010001 100101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 709
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 497
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to, and, of, my, it, his, that, in, there, with, he, not, nor, what are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, i, and, where, he, not, was, his are repeated.

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

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