This is an analysis of the poem Russian Sonia that begins with:

I, born in Weimar
Of a mother who was French...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbbbXcadXadcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010 0010111 11010011010 101110 01010111010 11110101010 10100010111 11001101010 1100111111 1111010101 11111101001 01010101011 01000101010 11101101111 11001111010 01111001001 011100100101 11111101010 11000100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 783
  • Average number of words per stanza: 144
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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