This is an analysis of the poem Our Fatherland that begins with:
Why pour the ruby wine,
For glad carousal, brothers mine,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcbC ddacaC eedcdC aafcfC gghchC ffacaCXaacccC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 11100101 001001110 011 110101110 1101 110101 0010101 11101110 010011 10111010 1101 1111010 100101010 110101110 1101 1010101010 1101 110111 1101001 101011111 110111 110010111 1101 101101 1111001 1101111101 0101 1100010111 1101 110111 1111101 10111010101 001 1111001101 1101 101010 0101010 010101010 101 1110101010 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word fatherland at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Our Fatherland;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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