This is an analysis of the poem The Russians Are Coming that begins with:
The last time I purchased gasoline,
That was from someone from the Middle East....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcad befXg aech cfXfb XXcbic adcfjaghj fiaXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,5,6,9,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011110101 1101100101 1000 111110 11111 0111101001 0100100101011 1101 1101111 1101 11111001 0111100101 11010 110111 01111001110 11000101111010 1100110011111 1001111101101100 11100111 11110011110110 0101101 010010011010100 1010101 10101 1011010 0011 110011111 1111110010010 11100 10101010101 00101101 11011110101 1010110101 1010001 01001100010 1101011 11101001 010110111 1110011001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Russians Are Coming;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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