This is an analysis of the poem Time, You Old Gypsy Man, that begins with:

Time, You Old Gypsy Man
Will you not stay, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBABcdXdcecefbgbahXhfadaghXhaBAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 0111 111101 1111 11111 01011 11110 01001 10111 01101 111101 1011 11110 11101 11110 11001 110101 1101 101001 1011 10110 11011 10010 11101 10110 11001 10010 11001 111101 0111 111101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 701
  • Average number of words per stanza: 131
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words last, under are repeated.

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  • summary of Time, You Old Gypsy Man,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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