This is an analysis of the poem The Fugitive. (Tartar Song, From The Prose Version Of Chodzko) that begins with:

I.
'He is gone to the desert land ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccb cddc efFX agGX eBBX X efFX agGX eBBe cccc aaaa affa dddd aggX X cggc hffh bccb icci bddb ahha fXcf bbbb cjjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10100101 1110101 00110101 11100101 110101 111101 1101111 111101 110101 1111101 10100101 1010100 1011101 1101101 0011101 00110100 10111101 010101 010111 011010 1 111101 1111101 10100101 1010100 101101 1101101 0011101 00110100 11111101 010101 010111 101001 111111 011111 1110101 110101 100101 110110 101101 1011101 111111 0010100 101111 010100 11101011 00111111 10101111 110011 1100010 0010101 0101011 100111 1 1100111 1101100 11100101 111111 1111101 111011 11001101 0101101 11111101 11100101 11101101 0100101 11101001 1110111 0110111 01101001 100101 1111001 10111001 1110101 11110101 1010101 1110011 1110111 100101 1010100 10100111 001001001 111111 011111 0111111 101111 1110101 1101101 10110001 1001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 91
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, on, in, i, pursue are repeated.

    The author used the same words 'i, 'god at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Fugitive. (Tartar Song, From The Prose Version Of Chodzko);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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