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

Give to me the life I love,
Let the lave go by me,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc DBEBaBaB bcbcefefXDBEBaBaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 101111 10101001 101111 10010101 1110010 10110111 101110 1011111 1100101 1010101 101011 1111111 101011 11101001 101011 1110111 101110 1000111 100110 1110101 1010110 1010011 101010 1011111 1100101 1010101 101011 1111111 101011 11101001 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; me is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there's, let, not are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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

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