This is an analysis of the poem Foma Bobrov And His Spouse that begins with:

GRANNY Bobrov (Playing patience) Now that's the card. Oh, it's all coming out topsy-turvy! A king. And where am I supposed to put that? Just when you...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a XbcdbeefgchhfXgXdXfhacXfXXfXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,29,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010110110110110100111110101111111110010111110011100011100101 11011001001110100111010110 1011111101111001011101000101101001101001111101110101110110101101001 10100111000110010 10111111111 1011101111010010101 1011111011010010 101111110111001 10100111001 10110111111110010111101 1011101 101111 10111111101 1001010101101111111011101100111111111101110111011101 1011010110011101 101 10111101 101111011111110101 101101010101 101111010111111000011101010101011010111111011110101 101010111011110011 101110010101111110010101101110111111111011100101000111110111 101110101010011 101111110101101100111101111110101 1001011000101001110011 101011011110111011011101 1011 10110100110010100001001010111101011010101111111 1011010101110110011 10011111111011111011011101101111110011011010 1011101101101010011001110011101010101010010101101010110111110010111101100010100100111011101111101011111010010011110111101111101111110101011010011001111111110101001001011111111101001000110010010110101011111111111101010110110010100100111111101010101010011101111111111111011101011011111011011101111011101001110111100001000110011101100111010111101000101010011011010011110111011111101010110010101110110111101110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1609
  • Average number of words per stanza: 297
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 155 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 29
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; oh, table, that, and, granny, bobrov, five, you, down, i, me, up, what, to, in are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines vase, up are repeated).

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