This is an analysis of the poem Dushenka that begins with:
СТИХИ НА ДОБРОДЕТЕЛЬ ХЛОИ
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme:
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,1,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,13,1,2,1,2,2,3,3,4,1,2,6,1,1,3,2,2,1,2,4,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,4,3,3,3,1,1,2,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 111 111 11 11 1111 11 11 1 111 111 1 1 111 1 1 1 111 11 11 1 111 11 10010101001 111 1 11 111 111 111 1 1 1 111 1111 10011001001 1111011011010110101 101011111110110010010 1001111101011001010 100111 1 1 111 111 11 1 1 11 111 1 1 1 1 1111 1111 11111 1 111 1 11 11 1 1 11 1111 1 1 0 10 1 11 111 1 11 11 11 11 11 111 11 11 111 111 111 111 11 111 11 1111 111 1 1 1
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 31166
- Average number of words per stanza: 4808
- Amount of lines: 3623
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; где, и, в, за, ни, не, на, семь, что, везут, чрез, иным, без, к, ль, до, из, иль, амуры, увидел, их, бы, у, ее, сама, венера, я, то, ты, ей, с, о, всех, его, de, французский, драматург are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words где, и, забыв, достойно, иным, куда, что, за, другие, давно, готова, везут, зефиры, иной, без, иль, оттуда, во, амуры, таков, почто, бывала, или, увидев, авось, ни, утратила, на, едва, предстал, отныне, сокрылся, как, амур, в, никто, потом, особо, венера, сама, пошла, ты, зефир, угодно, чтоб, о, донес are repeated.
The author used the same word книга at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines брегу, дела, что are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases искать, старушка connect the lines.
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- summary of Dushenka;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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