This is an analysis of the poem The Drowned Man that begins with:

Children running into izba,
Calling father, dripping sweat:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbcb dedeXfdf ghghhihi djdjkflf gmgmdcdX gmgmXcdc XmdmjXda gjgjlclc dXdafcfC dkdkgcgC X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100010 1010101 10101100 1010111 10101000 1011101 11101010 101011111 10111010 10110101 11111110 1111101 1111111101 1011101 11101010 1010001 101010100 1110111 11101110 1010101 10001010 1011101 10100010 1110111 00101010 1110111 10100010 1011111 00100011 1010101 101101010 1011111 10111110 1110101 10111110 1110101 11111110 1010101 10101110 111110010 11100110 1010101 10111010 0010101 10101100 11100001 11101010 1010101 111101101 1110101 11001010 1100111 111010111 10111011 10001010 1110111 10101110 1010111 10101010 1010101 10101010 1010101 11101110 1000101 10101010 1010100 10111110 11110101 111001010 1111001 1010101 1011101 10101010 10010101 10001010 1010011 10110010 1110101 10111010 1011101 010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word pane at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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