This is an analysis of the poem The Vagabonds that begins with:
We are the vagabonds of time,
And rove the yellow autumn days,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: A b X b c b b b d e d e a c c c b f b f f b d b e c X c f e e e A e a e g g b g g X g e a d c d f a f a X d b d e c e c g d X d c f c f g h c h e d XXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010001 11010101 11011101 11010101 111001101 10010101 10110111 01000101 110111001 010100111 10011011 11110001 11010101 11010111 10110101 11100101 01010101 11010011 11111101 11011101 00010001 10010101 11110001 11010001 01000101 00110101 0101000 01100100 00010111 100100111 10010110 010011101 11010001 10010111 01010101 11000101 11010111 11111101 10010101 00110101 11111101 10011100 11110101 100100001 01011111 01011111 01010101 11010101 11100111 11011101 01001101 11100100 11110001 01011111 01000101 10010001 11111100 11010101 11111111 11010101 10110111 01111111 11101101 01100101 10010111 11110111 11010001 11011101 11010101 01011101 01010101 11110101 11101101 10010101 11110100 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 76
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 33
- Average number of words per stanza: 7
- Amount of lines: 92
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same words we, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Vagabonds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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