This is an analysis of the poem Pauline Pavlovna that begins with:

SCENE: St. Petersburg. Period: the present time. A ballroom in the winter palace of the prince---. The ladies in character costumes and masks. The... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa b c b b b adefgbhagaX b fiib h b ej b gicghfehc b gb X b dahf b fhgkecblmcadlkcd b l b angdjeabhclecgfcmo b of b jafg b e b blapghefbbgchaabqbhfkfhplgnfeb b fbgb b h p lgXmhbl b hbf b lg b chgpc X f b acl h fa b l b mc b fo b kgia b cj b chXg b bfX b b
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,1,1,1,11,1,4,1,1,2,1,9,1,2,1,1,4,1,16,1,1,1,18,1,2,1,4,1,1,1,30,1,4,1,1,1,7,1,3,1,2,1,5,1,1,1,3,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,3,1,1,1,16,1,5,1,8,1,16,1,4,1,1,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1110010000110110010100010100100011101000010110100010011100101011100101011111101010001010010101 1100100101110101010000110110000011010100001001010001010101010010000100111011101010010101110010110010010100101 1 01 1 111 1 11111 0111110111 1011011101 1101011101 1101010111 0111111101 1111111111 111010001101 1101111111 1111110111 1001000 1 11111 111111001001 1001110111 1 010010 1 001001 11111 1 101001 0101011101 11011100111 0111010111 1001111110 1001011101 0101011101 11111100111 11111 1 11111 1 1101100 1 111 1110111001 0111010101 11000100101 1 1111110111 11011101001 0101011011 1111111111 0111010011 1001010101 01100100001 1111110001 0101111101 0101110111 0101110101 1100010011 11011010111 11110101001 11001010101 1101111001 1 11111 1 11101 1101110001 01001010001 1101110011 01010110111 101110001 1101010101 1101011101 0101010011 11011100001 0101010101 1111111101 1011110110 0101110001 1111010101 1111010010 1111010011 1100 1 110100 1101 1 101101 1101100101 0101110101 01010001101 1 0101001101 1 0111111101 0101011111 1001010001 11010101010 1101010100 01010001110 11110010101 0101011011 1111110101 1101011101 1101010101 01010111010 0111110110 11010100111 0111000101 1101000111 1101010111 1101010111 1101010101 0111111101 0101110011 0101110101 1101110101 1111101100 1111111111 1101010011 01010100111 0101111111 0110011111 1101101101 1 0101110111 1111010101 0111111101 1111111111 1 0001000101 11010 1111111111 0111010111 11011101000 1111111101 1101101101 1101111101 111 1 0110011 1111100101 10011110 1 101 1110011 1 01 1111010111 0101010011 01110101010 01010101110 110 1111010 1 111 010111001 1100100011 1 1001111101 0111110101 1 1011011101 1 1110110101 1001 1 110111 010100 1 10101 01011001010 1101111101 0101011111 1 1101010100 0101 1 0111010 1111010111 01011011 11010010100 1 1111110011 10010111110 100 1 1110011 1 1110010101 01110011001 0111111101 1011111111 11110001100 1101010110 1111010011 0100110011 1111011101 1100010101 11010100010 10010011001 10111111101 1111001001 0111111111 1101011111 1 01000110111 11011101001 1011011111 11010111010 01001 1 110110 1101011111 1111010111 01001110100 1011010111 0101010101 11010100101 0100110101 1 1111010111 1111010011 1110110111 0111011111 0111001101 10111100011 1101010101 1101001111 0011010100 0111010111 1111111111 0111010001 1101010101 1100011101 1010100010100 100100 1 1101 11001001111 11011111010 0111110101 0101 1011 1 1100100 1101100101 110011111 11110001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 82
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 250
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, and, who, with, your, as, tsar, i, she, her, same are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases he, eyes connect the lines.

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