In technical terms, the Zadonščina could be defined as a centonical palinode, i.e. as a composition built up primarily on literal or paraphrased quotations and intended to counterbalance or refute the quoted work.
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Centonical
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The end of the poem offers a good example of his centonical procedure.
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Ballads in the black tradition are also often centonical—they borrow thematic elements from a variety of sources to build something new.
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