This is an analysis of the poem Mostly Slavonic that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bXccddeX ffffdddgg hhffffii hhccjjdddd kXlX ffhh fffffmmhhnniXoaa dd aaaeeii ddddiXiao XX ppeeoaaaeeii hhddhhkkffffffffddhhqqnn gggeeppie XX aaeerrcc aorrXe Xedddd Xo ccfXfiiiff ccppkkXecc al fXffaagg iifffllf issbbqqffnn XqqqXee ddeeff hh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,9,8,10,4,4,16,2,7,9,2,12,24,9,2,8,6,6,2,10,10,2,8,8,11,7,6,10,10,8,6,5,2,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1 10100 0110001001110001 1110100101010101 111010101010111 100011101111101 001110101010111 111000101011101 111011101011111 111011101011100 101011101010001 1110010111011101 101110101010101 111010111110101 111110111011111 101011101010111 1111011101010101 111010111010101 111000111010100 101001100111111 111010101110101 1010111011100101 111010101011101 111011101010100 101010101010100 101010100110101 110110101010101 111010101110001 111010101111001 111110101110001 011100101010111 111011111110101 001010101110101 101011101111111 10110101110101 111010101111111 1011111011100111 111010101110111 101010101110100 101010101011101 10101010101000 101111101010111 1110100101011110 111010101110101 111010101110111 101111110010101 101010101010101 11101010101001 011000100110001 0110001101111101 101010101010101 101010111011101 101010100110111 100110101110111 1010111010101001 101001101010111 101000101110101 111011100010100 1011001010101010 101011101010101 101110101010101 100010101011101 1011010101011101 1010101010101001 001010100011101 101010101010101 101010101111101 101110101110101 11001011111001 101010101110111 111110100010011 111010101010101 11111010111011 111010101111101 101110011011101 101110101110101 011010101110101 101011111000101 111010101111100 1 01000 1101101011010001 10110101010001 110110101110001 101011101110101 111010100010100 001010101110110 11100101101110011 111001101110001 1010101011100001 101010101010101 101000101010101 111010101010101 1110101110101001 1001011001110101 111010100011101 111110101011101 111011101110101 101010101110101 111010101110101 101111101110111 111010101010101 111001101111001 111010101010101 111010101110101 10101110101110001 111101101110101 1001011101010111 101110101010101 101110111111101 1010111011101001 001010101011101 111110101010111 101010101111101 001110100010111 101111110010111 101010101011111 1110101110100001 101010101110101 101000101010001 11111101110111 101000101111101 101111101011111 111001011000001 101010101110101 11100100101011001 1 0110 101110101010101 101011101011110 001100101011101 101010101010011 100011111000101 111110101011101 1010101001010101 01010101010001 101011101010001 001000111010100 101011101010001 111110100011001 1011101011111000 111010101111011 111010101010100 101011101010111 10100110001001 101110101010111 111010101110111 101010101011001 1 0100 111011111011101 111010101110101 111010101011111 101011101010101 101110101010001 111011110011111 100011101010101 101011111010101 111010101010101 101001101000101 101011101110111 111010100011111 1101010101010101 101110101111101 101000011011101 011011101110101 011111101110001 101010101011101 1110100101110101 111010101011101 1 0101 101111101010101 101010111010101 10010101010100101 101110111010101 10010100101010101 101110101011111 101010101011101 101111110110101 111010100011001 1010010101010101 1001110101110101 101010101010111 101010101010101 101010101010101 101010100010101 111010101010101 1 1011100101110101 101011101010101 101010101010101 101110100010101 101111101010111 101000100010101 111110111011101 1010101101110101 101010101010100 101000111110101 111011100011001 001010101010101 101010101110101 1110100101110101 1111111010111110 101111101010101 101111101011111 111010101110101 101010101110101 111011101111111 111010101010101 101001100010011 111010111010101 111010111111111 111111101111101 101010101011101 111111101110011 100010101000101 101010111010100 0010001001010101 101110101011101 101010101011101 111010101110111 0101100101011111 111011101111111 111010101010101 101010101011011 101010011010111 1010101010100111 101010101011101 101011101010100 1111111011101010 111000101001111 101000111010001 101111101000101 0011001010100001 101000100010101 101110101011111 101110101010101 101110101010101 101010101010111 101110101110101 101100101111111 101011101010101 001011101011101 101010100110101 111110101010101 101111101110101 11111011001110101 111010101110101 001000100010011 111010111111111 0010000111110101 111110101010101 11 111010101100101 101010101110111 111010101111101 111111101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 267
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, or, he, it, his, brought, from, we, have, to, they, i, s, danube, for, her, these, your, russian, clock, ivan, hands, that, you, again, once are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, was, it, brought, who, with, sounds, i, when, once, on are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases then, lars connect the lines.

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