This is an analysis of the poem Haidouks that begins with:

Father and Son
Come, Grandfather, blow on your pipe now,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcXdeXXccacbfdghcchccdijfgdcXkkXhXcjlXjhbaehcafXcXmfafaXahXXcamcddhelccdchjXnhigXngghXcXllddXbagglbdichXgXafccdidbhghehXeceiefalibhXnbgbhcmehXmdXfXheiheXdihXihXfibd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 167,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 111011111 1101101 010110010 10100010 010010010 01001001 01010010 10111010 11010110 010010010 011110010 10111010 010010010 11111101 11011110 110010110 11101001 111110110 01010111 01010010 011010110 110111010 110110010 11111010 111011010 11101111 11011110 11011111 110111010 10010110 01001101 010110110 110010110 110110111 111001010 11101110 010110110 11111110 1001110 0011001010 010011010 011010010 11111111 111010010 11110011 010010110 101010010 01011010 11011010 11100010 110100100 010010110 10100101 1101110 01110010 11010110 101001010 101011010 0100111010 010010010 11001110 000100010 1010011 01110010 01010010 010100100 1010010110 110010110 11011110 11011011 011010010 10110111 11110010 01011010 01101010 110111110 11010110 011010110 111011111 001110010 10111010 1011111 010000110 01011011 011010111 10110111 11111110 01011010 1011110 111010100 11110110 11010110 01111010 101110010 11110010 10101110 11110010 11110111 110111011 01010110 11010111 10110010 1101010 111110010 11010110 0110010100 11110011 011110111 01010011 1011011110 111100011 0001111 11011010 01011110 010111010 10011011 10010010 11111011 11111110 11111111 11111110 01010110 0010110111 1111011 100111101 10111110 111110110 111110110 11111111 11011110 11011110 11110011 01110110 11001010 111111011 01111011 11011111 110110111 0110111110 11111111 011010010 110011111 01101010 11101010 0101010 11011010 01101111 0101010 11111110 01010110 1101101 11111110 01111110 01111011 10110010 11010011 010110110 11110110 11011010 11110010 111010010 11110110 1011010 01011010 01011111 11011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5626
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1087
  • Amount of lines: 167
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, i, my, and, to, his, father, him, your, me, he, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, the, to, who, by, that, have, and, for are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, eyes are repeated).

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  • summary of Haidouks;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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