This is an analysis of the poem Hadji Dimiter that begins with:

He lives, still he lives! In the mountain fast,
soaked in blood, he lies and groans,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cbdb eceb acae eecb fbbd ghdh icic gbiX eXee icifXdbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111100101 1011111 01010001 0101100101 01111101 00100101010 0110111 01010101010 01011001 1101001101 010010111 11010111 0101111 11011111 01010111 01110101 111110001 11011101 11011111 01010111 111101110 01110101 010101010 1001010101 01111111 11010111 0101010101 01011111 11001111 111001101 1111001 11011111 11010101 01010101 01110101 1101111110 10100101 10110100 11111101 100011101 01011101 110011101 1111110101 11011001 101011111 01010111 01110101 101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; he, in, his, and, where are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, to, his, the, where are repeated.

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