This is an analysis of the poem Poem To Refugees that begins with:

In these miniature Russian colonies
Those who are hiding from lawlessness...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccX dedXcd aXdffd ggXXaX ddaXXg eegbdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110110100 111100100 1101011 10011100 1010110100 1110111 11100100100 10101100101 11101001 1010011010 1111011000 01101111 10100100110 11101000100 101101 1010010100 0111111100 11111011 01110100101 101001011 10111001 10101101100 1010100100 101101011 1010101101 11101101 00101111 101100100 1011001000 101101001 11110101 1010110101 10100111 10100111001 1110101101 111001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, there, this, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, there, better are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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