This is an analysis of the poem The Gypsy that begins with:

A fortnight before Christmas Gypsies were everywhere:
Vans were drawn up on wastes, women trailed to the fair....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbccXXddeeeeeebbaaXcffggee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0110110100101 101111101001 1100111101010 1101011111 1100011101010 10110101011110 011111101011 111010000111110 1100111001110 1111011110111 0010101110001 0101110100101 101101111101 1111010010011 1010101110101 110111010101 101101001001001 100111100101 010101101101 1101110010111 110111101000 11001011110100 1111011010101 1111101001011111 1011010010001 011101011101 00101111111101 1001111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1518
  • Average number of words per stanza: 286
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ', i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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

  • summary of The Gypsy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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