This is an analysis of the poem The Crisis that begins with:

Spirit of Russia, now has come
The day when thou canst not be dumb.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbbbbccddeeffeegghheeffbbaAbbXfiiddhhjjffddffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 01111101 01110101 01101101 01010111 01010001 01010101 11011101 11111101 100110011 01001101 10110101 11001101 11110101 10111111 11101111 11100101 01010101 110101001 11000101 110101001 10111100 01000011 11010100 11111101 01010111 11010111 01111101 10010111 11110111 11110110 11100101 111101001 01011101 11111101 01010111 000111001 01010101 0101010010 010101010 10110101 11010101 01111001 11011101 010000101 10110101 110100001 10111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1694
  • Average number of words per stanza: 313
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, nor, with are repeated.

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

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