This is an analysis of the poem The Waiwode.From The Russian that begins with:

Secretly by night returning,
Jealous fears within him burning,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddbeebbfbggbaabaaXaabhhbiifhXfjjbiib aakXXkiiXaafcclddlddbddb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,36,24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011010 10101110 010101101 101001010 10101010 1110111 00111010 11101010 1010101 10101010 100110010 1111101 110101010 110111100 1011111 111101010 111101010 111011101 100101110 11101010 1010101 100001010 00101010 1100110 10101010 10111110 1111111 11101010 10111010 1010011 11111111 10101111 1100111 11111110 10101010 1110101 1111111 11010111 1011101 11111011 00111111 1110101 11101110 11101110 1110111 11101110 10011100 1011101 11111011 10111111 1110110 10101110 11111110 1010111 1011010 11101010 1110101 110101110 111101010 1010111 010111010 11101010 1010101 110111010 0100111010 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 767
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; s, and are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee, me are repeated).

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  • summary of The Waiwode.From The Russian;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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