This is an analysis of the poem The Three Gipsies that begins with:

Three gipsy men I saw one day
Stretched out on the grass together,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dbdb eded ddXd fgfg hihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011111 11101010 1100100101 1101010 010011101 00101010 100111001 01011010 001010111 11011010 110100101 11010010 1100111101 01001010 010010101 011001110 01011111 01001010 1100111000 0101010 11111111 1101011 011111001 1101111 11011111 1101110 11110111 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Three Gipsies;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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