This is an analysis of the poem Incorrect Speaking that begins with:

Incorrectness in your speech
Carefully avoid, my Anna;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbb cdcdee efefgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000011 10001110 1010101 10101010 0010101 10000101 1011111 01111110 1011011 01100010 00100111 1100101 1101111 10100110 1111111 11111010 1100001 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Incorrect Speaking;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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