This is an analysis of the poem Matins that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXbbcdcefbe X GbXeGahbdhgc X ddihhgjkb X ljmniXbccXaf a bgb kbibh bmhhj kbd Xob ll a dgghcagajXdbbgi X ihjXgl jioni Xja
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,1,12,1,9,1,12,1,3,5,5,3,3,2,1,15,1,6,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 00101100 110111110000 01001110 1001010 101011 011101001 011111 101001111 10100110 001100110010 11 1 001011 1000101 0101001010 100101 001011 10010011011 1110 10110 11011 0101001 01010011 101111 1 01110 1110 10001 010010101 0100010 01011 11101 01010111 010010 1 011101 101111 011 101000100 11 10010111 1011 0101 101 10 101001 001000010 1 101011 0110101 10101 11111 11111010 01111 1011 011010 10101 11101 10011011 0001000101 101 0111 011101111 010010 101011010 0100111 011 11 101011 1 001001 110101 1011 10101 011100 011001 101101010 11 10100101 101010010 0101 001111111111 0111101 11001 101110 1 1001011 11001 01001101 11111 1 01101 1 01101 110111010 10010 10101 1111 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 114
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, follow, his, the, how are repeated.

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

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

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