This is an analysis of the poem The Run-Away that begins with:

O Chakravaki! What distant melodious
call of a known flute hast thou heard? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abBcdefcgdhgiXddbBXXjiifaXgffhejfdXXbeXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001100100 10011111 111001 110111010 1101011 11100 1110101 111111110 101 11001010 0100101110 11001 11110011101 1001001100 10101011 111 001111101 111001 0111010010 1110111110 0111 1110101011 0110011 1101010101 111111 0101010101010 1111 1101111111 01110101 1111111 0101101 010010111 1011 1111 11111 00101111 1000001 110100 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 735
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines come, kin are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase come connects the lines.

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

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