This is an analysis of The Skulls by Ivan Turgenev.
A sumptuous, brilliantly lighted hall; a number of ladies and gentlemen.
All the faces are animated, the talk is lively…. A noisy conversation is…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abb ccXa XXXa d Xcdb
- Stanza lengths: 1,3,4,4,1,4,
- Metre: 01001001010100101100 1010110100101001010100 10101010101011001010 1110101110011 1100110101010101001 101001110100100011 1010000101010010111 0101001111 01011001001111010 0100001001110011010 11010000101010100 1001 1111111111111001 1011010110110110 1101101110010110 1101100011000000101 01010110111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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