Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse, is a work written by Alexander Pushkin considered a classic of Russian literature, whose eponymous protagonist has served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes known as superfluous men. It was published in serial form between 1825 and 1832, with the first complete edition following in 1833 and the currently accepted version based on the 1837 publication; almost the entire work is made up of 389 fourteen-line stanzas, 5,446 lines in all, of iambic tetrameter with an unusual rhyme scheme now known as the Onegin stanza or Pushkin sonnet. The story is told by a narrator, a lightly fictionalized version of Pushkin's own public image, whose digressions develop the characters and emphasize the drama of the plot despite its relative simplicity.
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Composed, From (Year)Published in serial form 1825-1832; the first complete edition followed in 1833, and the currently accepted text is based on the 1837 publication. Classification
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What is the Onegin stanza?
A fourteen-line iambic tetrameter stanza with the rhyme scheme AbAbCCddEffEgg, also called the Pushkin sonnet.
The Onegin stanza is the verse form Pushkin invented for Eugene Onegin. Almost the entire work is made up of 389 fourteen-line stanzas, 5,446 lines in all, written in iambic tetrameter. The rhyme scheme is AbAbCCddEffEgg, where the uppercase letters stand for feminine rhymes and the lowercase letters for masculine rhymes. The structure is known as the Onegin stanza or the Pushkin sonnet.
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Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse...is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin.
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is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin.
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Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse (Russian: Евгений Онегин, роман в стихах, romanized: Yevgeniy Onegin, roman v stikhakh, pre-reform Russian: Евгеній Онѣгинъ, романъ въ стихахъ, [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn]) is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin.
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Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse...is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin.
In Genre: Epic, Lead section, genre
Almost the entire work is made up of 389 fourteen-line stanzas (5,446 lines in all) of iambic tetrameter
Written In Form: The Verse Novel, Lead paragraph, sentence naming the form
Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse (Russian: Евгений Онегин, роман в стихах, romanized: Yevgeniy Onegin, roman v stikhakh, pre-reform Russian: Евгеній Онѣгинъ, романъ въ стихахъ, [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn]) is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin.
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"number_of_pages_median": 182, "title": "Eugene Onegin"
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