This is an analysis of the poem Out Of Siberia that begins with:

SHAKERAGS, cripples, gaunt and dazed,
Prison-broken hosts on hosts,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccbdcdeecdfdgXfghXgghiaihXabjbddjabakkb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 1010111 1011101 1010111 1111101 10011 1011101 1010101 1011101 10111001 1111011 11101 1000101 1010101 10001001 1011101 1010100 10101 1110101 1010111 1010100 1011101 1010101 11101 1100111 1011101 11100101 1011101 1001101 010001 0010001 1010111 10011101 1010101 1000101 10001 1000101 1011101 1010111 1010101 1110100 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 209
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; more, they, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word martyrs is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase names connects the lines.

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  • summary of Out Of Siberia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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