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

What saw you in your flight to-day,
Crows, awinging your homeward way? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd cc ee aX ff aa cc cc aa ee gg fX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 11001101 11101001 11100101 11101101 11011111 11100101 10010111 10100101 11100101 11010101 11110101 11100111 10010100 10110101 01010101 11111101 110000101 10101001 10100111 11011101 11100101 101100101 10111101 01111111 10011111 01011110 110101100 01011101 11101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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

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