Eugene Onegin

Eugene Onegin (Yevgeny Onegin, ??????? ??????) is a novel in verse written by Aleksandr Pushkin. It is one of the classics of Russian literature and its hero served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes. It was published in serial form between 1823 and 1831. The first complete edition was published in 1833, and the edition the current accepted version is based on was published in 1837.

The Onegin stanza

The work's primary defining feature is that it is almost entirely written in verses of iambic tetrameter with the unusual rhyme scheme "aBaBccDDeFFeGG", where the lowercase letters represent feminine rhymes and the uppercase representing masculine rhymes. This form has become known as the "Onegin stanza".

Related Topics:
Iamb - Tetrameter - Feminine rhyme - Onegin stanza

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