This is an analysis of the poem The Fugitive that begins with:
Oft have I seen yon Solitary Man
Pacing the upland meadow. On his brow... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccdedfgehaegcXXijfhffike Xdfehdbgla cdgXceakehgcX ecXamaggXkXjXhmkhXlX kcXealdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,10,13,20,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111110101 1001011101 1101010101 1011010101 1101010011 0101111101 1001010101 10110110101 1101010001 1011110111 11010011101 0011000101 0111000101 1101010001 1011001101 1101011100 01110101001 1001000101 1101011101 11010110101 1111010101 1001110111 1011010101 0101111101 1011101101 01010010101 0101111101 0101010011 1001110101 10101010101 10101011101 10111011101 100111100001 1100111111 1111110100 11000010011 1111110101 0101010111 0101011111 0111011100 0101010101 0101010111 1101001101 1101001101 0101001101 1011010111 1101000101 1101011101 1101110 101 11110101001 0101110101 01010011101 1111110100 0101011111 01010111011 0101011100 1001011100 1011010101 0101010101 1111001101 0101011 111 1101000100 1111101010 0101000101 0111010101 1101010101 11011100100 0101010101 1001010011 1111010101 1101011111 1001010111 0101110100 1111011101 01010010011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 646
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 77
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; his, thy, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of 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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