This is an analysis of the poem The March Of Ivan that begins with:

Are you coming, Ivan, coming?—Ah, the ways are long and slow,
In the vast land that we know not—and we never sought to know.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccee X bbbbbaa dddff gghhii bbaajj ccaacc ffkkaa fXddllXf mmccdmXffdmee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,7,5,6,6,6,6,8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111010101011111 001111111110101 111010111010101 101010111010101 111010101110101 101110101010101 111010101010101 001000101010001 111010101010101 101010101011001 101010101010111 101010101110101 101 111010101110101 101010101010111 101110100011001 101110111010101 110110101011101 111011101110111 110110101011110 111010010010111 111110101101111 111110101111101 1111101001101101 101011101110101 011010101010101 011010100011101 011010111110101 101010101010101 100010101000101 111110101010111 101110101011001 001000101101111 001001101010111 111111100011101 111110101111101 111110101011111 110110101110001 1101010101110011 000111101110111 111010111010101 101011101110001 111011101100101 101010101010101 101010101010101 111001101110111 101010111010101 111110111010111 101000101111111 011011100010111 101010110010100 011101100010110 0111111111110001 00100010010111001 001010101111101 0111111010111000 011010101110011 111110111010100 111110111010100 111010101111111 101011100110001 111110101011111 111001100011100 111111111011111 101001101011101 111011101111101 111110100101100 111111011010111 111011101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • 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; we, and, for, to, they, us, told, ivan, s, from, of, never, you, our are repeated.

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

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