This is an analysis of the poem You Stole Away With Furtive Gait that begins with:

You stole away with furtive gait,
O lover of flowers, my sweetheart !...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bcb Xda edb feg aga Xac Xde aXe Xbh iee aei eej XXe faX dae ghc fXXXdje
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 110010111 1111101 110111111 1111101 1111011 11101010 1010111 010111010 1010101 11010111 11110100 10101001 01010111 0100101 111111 1111011 111111011 1111001 111110111 11110011 11011001 11101101 111111 11001010 01110101 1111011011 11111011 110101011 010110101 1111110 111101 11110001 010101010 11011101 1110010 111101 10101101 1011010 101101 110111111 110010100 1111010001 10010101100 1111011 0100101 01110111 110110101 111110111 01011111 1101110100 01001010 011010110011 100100010 110011 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 362
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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  • summary of You Stole Away With Furtive Gait;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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