This is an analysis of the poem The Little Czar that begins with:
Oh, Great White Czar of Russia, who hid your face and ran,
You’ve flung afar the grandest chance that ever came to man!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeee dddd ffaa ccgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111010111111 11010101110101 11101110110011 0101010011111 0100110110101 0101010110111 1101110010101 001011101010111 110101100101101 1101010010101 0111110010101 11010101010001 1111010010101 1111100011101 1001001010101 1101010010101 1101010011101 101001101100111 11011101111001 11011001010111 1111110111111 1100110111101 1101111110111 11001101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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; your, to, his, of, and, their, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, the are repeated.
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- summary of The Little Czar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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