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Ночь, улица, фонарь, аптека …

А. Блок (1912)

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Meter color: Black = iambic, red = trochee, blue = pyrrhic, green = spondee.
Meter variation: From Scherr 1986 (and ultimately from Taranovsky 1953) (see below).
Word meter: M = masculine (red), F = feminine (blue), D = dactylic or longer (black).
Stressed vowel color: Black = /a/, red = /i/, blue = /o/, green = /e/, purple = /u/.
Rhyme: Lower-case (a) = masculine, upper-case (A) = feminine, upper-case with prime (A′) = dactylic.

LineTextMeterMeter
Variation		Word Group
Boundary		Word
Meter		Stressed
Vowels		Rhyme

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2
3
4

5
6
7
8

Ночь, у|лица, | фонарь, | аптека,
Бессмы|сленный | и туск|лый свет.
Живи | ещё | хоть чет|верть века —
Всё бу|дет так. | Исхо|да нет.

Умрёшь — | начнёшь | опять | сначала
И по|вторит|ся всё, | как встарь:
Ночь, ле|дяна|я рябь | канала,
Апте|ка, у|лица, | фонарь.

XX|OO|OX|OX(O)
OX|OO|OX|OX
OX|OX|OX|OX(O)
OX|OX|OX|OX

OX|OX|OX|OX(O)
OO|OX|OX|OX
XO|OX|OX|OX(O)
OX|OX|OO|OX

III
III
I
I

I
II
I
IV

X|X O O|O X|O X O
O X O O|O X O|X
O X|O X|O X O|X O
O X O|X|O X O|X

O X|O X|O X|O X O
O O O X O|X|O X
X|O O X O|X|O X O
O X O|X O O|O X

M D M F
D F M
M M F F
F M F M

M M M F
F M M
M F M F
F D M

O U A E
I U E
I O E E
U A O E

O O A A
I O A
O A A A
E U A

A
b
A
b

A
b
A
b

Meter variation:

  1. No pyrrhic feet.
  2. Pyrrhic first foot.
  3. Pyrrhic second foot.
  4. Pyrrhic third foot.
  5. Pyrrhic second and third foot.
  6. Pyrrhic first and third foot.
  7. Pyrrhic first and second foot.
  8. Pyrrhic first, second, and third foot.

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