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

The air is perfumed with the morning's fresh breeze,
From the bush peer the sunbeams all purple and bright,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc ddeeXe aafaaf eeggdhhd aadiid jaja XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,6,8,6,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001001011 001101011011 111101001101 101101011001 01001001001 01111001011 11001001001 11001001101 11101 11101 11011101011 01101 011110 11001001001 11001 01001 01011001 01101 11001 01011001 11011001101 11011011001 010110 0100110 11001011111 11001011101 01011011101 11011001011 01001 011101 11111101 01101 001101 01101011 01111101011 1011101011011 111010110001 01001001101 111010011110 110111001001 111010111110 01111001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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