This is an analysis of the poem Babii Yar that begins with:

No monument stands over Babii Yar.
A dropp sheer as a crude gravestone....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdefghcEhaXcbbabhhaXcXahcgXidffjckbXXcXEXgdXcbiedceXlkjmmjehjmXhclbnenkjKaBKbBeggiXibXfaa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 92,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110101 01110111 1101 01111100 1101010 11100 01 11111010 1110101101 1001110101 1100 10 0101 0101011 11011 0111001 10 11 10 101010010101 111000011 11001 0110100 11101001 0111010 1101010110 01110110 0111010110 11111 1011101 1110111110 111010 11 1 110100001 110011 110101001101 11010011 11110000 0101 1100101 110001010 1100 11 010 101010 111 1111010 11 011100110 110111 11 110101 110101 111111 100 011100011 1101 010111010 1001 010101 1101 11111 1110101 100110 01101010101 011100 110 1111100 11011 101111 101 1111 1110101 0101010101 11 111 111 11 1001 111 1001 11001 010000010 10 101100011 010010 011101101 01101110000 1111101 1110 110110 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1424
  • Average number of words per stanza: 208
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words here, and, we, the, in are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase spring connects the lines.

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  • summary of Babii Yar;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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