This is an analysis of the poem Welcome To The Grand Duke Alexis that begins with:
MUSIC HALL, DECEMBER 6, 1871
Sung to the Russian national air by the children of the public schools.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X abab acac dede efef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101011 100101001101000101 10111011010 11010110001 10110111010 1001011101 11110010010 1011001001 10111011010 1111101111 11011110011 10110101011 10110110111 1001001011 100010010010 1111001011 110100110110 1001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; of, that are repeated.
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- summary of Welcome To The Grand Duke Alexis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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