This is an analysis of the poem The Gipsy's Camp that begins with:

How oft on Sundays, when I'd time to tramp,
My rambles led me to a gipsy's camp,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccddeebbbbbbffggeegXgghhfXXgXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111111101 1101100101 1011000111 010111101 1111110101 1011000101 0101010101 0101010101 11111100101 11101011101 11010010001 1101011101 11111101011 01010011101 1011010101 1101110101 1111010101 1101110101 1111010101 1001010101 1101010101 1111010001 1111010111 11001010101 1101110101 1101010101 10110101001 1111010101 1101101101 1111010111 1001111110 1001110100 1111110110 0111011101 0101010010 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1601
  • Average number of words per stanza: 289
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The Gipsy's Camp;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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