This is an analysis of the poem How Can You Bear To Look At The Neva? that begins with:

How can you bear to look at the Neva?
How can you bear to cross the bridges?. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011010 111101010 10111110101 10110101 0110111 1010101 1110101101 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.

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

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