This is an analysis of the poem The Execution Of Stenka Razin that begins with:

In Moscow, the white-walled capital,
a thief runs with a poppy-seed loaf down the street....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXXadXaefXcgdXhidXjiccXkcbbXlXcmnbnbaaodbcaepflnbcknnqqbkrqckacirabXqasaXmpkdkokdccXccbXdspelcdXjeXkXicdiqdbiecdiXXhpecgcbkcaqs Xk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 130,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011100 011001011101 10101010101 11111 11101010 0101001010010 0101010110010 111110011 1000111101010 1010101000110 0100110110010 100101000101 010010111101010 010101010001 1101101010 101110 11101010 11111001001 11111 100101001 11101010 110110 1011001101 0100110110 1101011011 11101010 1010100101 0110011 101101 11100011 1010110001001 111100110110 1101101011101 11101 111001011 1111100111 111111 1010011 0101111 111111 111111 101010 1101110 1010101 111110001 010011010 1110010 01011111 01111010000101 010100 010010101001 1110101 11110110011 11110011 010101 010101 1110111 111011111 011010101 111101110 11001 11110011 1111011 11101100101 100100111110 110100010 111011100 1111100 111001001010 1100100 11001101100010 111000111 110011101010 1001 111011 10111001101 111011 11101000101010 0101000101 010100010010 10010101 001111010 1101000101 1111110010 110011101101 0101011010 11101 10110 101110110 101110001010 100101010 101010 0110010101 001011101010 010110 1011000 10100101 1101000111110 101011101 1001001110 10010011010 11 01101010001 11000111110 10101101101 1101101 101111011010 100111 10110101 01011010 1001011010 0101010 1110 0101010101 01110110 011111 1011111001 1100010100 01111001 0011101010 11010 0111011010010 10001100111 10011011 11010101 01010101 1011111101 01010001010 11001101010010 1011110101 1 010110100010101010110010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2499
  • Average number of words per stanza: 449
  • Amount of lines: 133
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; he, you, spit, my, i, to, in, of, and, head are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines well, myself, faces 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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