This is an analysis of the poem Two Capitals—1910 that begins with:

Moscow
White Moscow of the pearly towers, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAAAAAA bbccddaaeeffbbggXahhadXd AAAAAA XXbgbefefaaaaijijacac bebegXgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,24,6,21,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 111001010 110111 11010 11100101 110101 11011 10011111 110100101 11011101 11011111 11010101 11010101 110101010 100101010 10110111 11000101 01010111 11011101 11111111 11011101 110100101 11010001 11100101 01010111 10010101 10010100 110101001 10110101 10110100 01010101 111001010 110111 11010 11100101 110101 11011 11 10010110 0010010101 110010101 11010101 010101111 010100101 11010101 10010101 11110101 01011111 01010101 01010101 11100111 10110111 11111101 11010101 10010100 01011111 100100100 01011111 1101 1101 00111 0111 1101 10111 101001 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 415
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, o are repeated.

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