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

FROM 'EUGENE ONIEGIN '
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xabcbddeefggfhh XcXidibbbbfbbfdd Xjgfgffddhffhkc Xcihiffllfkkfee XbfcfiieXakkagg Xdcdffggmddmjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,15,16,15,15,15,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101001 1 111101101 11010101 1101001110 11110110 11110101 110100101 11110101 01011111 01011001 11111111 11110101 11110101 11011101 11010101 1 11010 1010 11010101 110111110 00101101 11011001 110101001 01011101 01010101 111100101 01010001 01111111 10010101 01011101 11110101 1 110101010 11011111 010101101 11011101 110000101 01110001 10010001 01010111 110100101 11110111 11110101 010110001 01010101 110101010 1 111111010 01010101 010101111 01011101 11011101 01011101 11111101 11010101 01010101 010111001 01111101 01010111 11011111 01010101 1 011101011 11010101 010101110 01011100 11010001 01010111 11010111 111111111 11000111 110010101 11010101 010010111 01010111 11010111 1 11011111011010101 010101110 01110111 111100111 11011101 01010101 11010111 110100101 11011101 01010101 11000101 11010111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 446
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 91
  • 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; worldly, he, and, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the, because are repeated.

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

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