This is an analysis of the poem Ivan The Czar that begins with:
He sat in silence on the ground,
The old and haughty Czar;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcac adadecfc bgbgfdhe gigijckc cdcdllkl gdgdehih lclcfcfc afaflaXX bmbmacfXXafafjaga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 011101 10110111 110001 111010010 1100111 001010101 011111 001010101 111101 101010111 101111 10111010 1010111 1010101001 0010001 11110111 001101 01010101 110111 0111010 110111 11011101 100100 10110111 111111 11111111 111001 11011100 110111 101001101 111111 11111111 111111 11010111 1111001 1011010 110101 11110101 1101011 10111111 111111 11011101 110101 1101110 111101 111101011 110101 11111111 111111 01000101 111101 11110010 0111001 01000101 110111 11010111 101111 11011111 110111 1111110 0011111 11111101 110110 11111101 100101 11011111 101111 111110 1110101 1111101 111111 11010111 1010101 101011101 1010101 1111010 0100111 0010101011 1001001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; his, i, thee, my, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Ivan The Czar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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