This is an analysis of the poem October 21, 1905 that begins with:

The hundred years have passed, and he
Whose name appeased a nation's fears,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXc dedefdf egegheh bfbfifi fgfgjfj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001111 11010101 10011101 01010101 010101010 10010100 11011101010 10010101 10111101 01001101 110100011 01010011 01110101 0111010101 11111111 11010111 01111101 11011111 001011011 11010101 11000011101 11010101 10010111 01011100 01010111 11011101 110110011 1101010101 11110101 01010101 11001101 01010011 11110111 01110111 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of October 21, 1905;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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