This is an analysis of the poem The Gypsie’s Road that begins with:

I shall go on the gypsies' road,
The road that has no ending;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aBabXbabXcdCaaXXdcdCacacXbaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 0111110 1010110111 0111010 111100101 0101010 011110111 0011010 111111001 1111010 011110101 0101110 111110111 1001110 111001001 1111100 0101001001 01001110 011110101 0101110 111101111 10110010 1100100111 10101010 101010111 1110110 111110101 0111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1009
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Gypsie’s Road;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Dora Sigerson Shorter