This is an analysis of the poem The Country that begins with:

The last day of July; for a thousand versts around, Russia, our native
land....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab XX cbd ae dXfag hbfeifjd kffkj lde mhX jn fe d ngd fln afgcX nk fbmXili
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,3,2,5,8,5,3,3,2,2,1,3,3,5,2,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001101010110110 1 1010110011010100101 101100110011111 1110101010100001010 11101101100111111 1001011 0101101101001110100 101101110101010 011100101011101011 0111011001101010 101010111001011000 101010101111001010 0110 01001111101101100 111101011111001010 1011101100101101100 10111011001010101 101010001110101101 01001110101111110 1011110101011101 010111001100101 111010100011110111 01111011110000100 10010011010101011010 1100010111100010000 0111010 1010111010100111011 100011111010101110 10010101 10101011101010110 10110001011101100100 1110111 01111011010111111 01001000101 01011001001101110100 101010111011001 011111100011101111 11011101101011101 1011001010011011100 101 110010100011011100 101011011111010001 1101111110010001 001001010110011010 1100110100100100 111001110100100 11011011011011110 11110101 01100111001011010101 0100111001 1111111101010100 100100010101010111 110 1011011001011011 0010010100100101101111 100111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, its, in, on, each, it, her, with are repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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