Eugene Onegin

Style and Technique

«Eugene Onegin» by Alexander Pushkin is a novel in verse filled with lyricism and deep psychological insight. It is distinguished by the freedom of its verse form, known as the «Onegin stanza», which is a fourteen-line stanza with the rhyme scheme ABABCCDDEFFEGG. The language of the novel is elegant and finely polished, incorporating numerous allusions, antitheses, and irony, giving the text a special expressiveness and depth. Dialogue and the epistolary genre enhance the narrative's dynamism and reveal the inner world of the characters.