This is an analysis of the poem Irpen that begins with:

Irpen is the memory of
the south and summer......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab cdefGHbiXjjkkedlmmmkifGHkdnnoccmXonckIIIXhngiiiXikfXXl iiobgajkhijjnXgnmlX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,54,19,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001000 01110 1100 11101101 1111110 1111 110110010010 111 101 110111 110001110001 11001010 101101 111100111 01001001 01000110 1111 101101010 100010 1011100 11100 0100 10011101110 1111 001110 111 101 010111 11010 010010010 11010110 1100111110 11111 111101 11010010100 1110101111 011110111 101 10111 1010 1111 1111 1111 1101010 101001 1101 110010 111011111 111 111 1 1111 1101 10101001 1000100 0101 1110010010010 11 0100011001 10101 11 101 11010010 111001 1001 101110011101 100111 101 01101110101 0101001101 010110 1011 11011100010 10101101100 10101011 0111110111 1 010110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 548
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, m, not, that, way, me are repeated.

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

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

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

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

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