This is an analysis of the poem God's Vagabond that begins with:

A passion to be free
Has ever mastered me;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbX ccddc aabba eeaaae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001 110101 010101 011111 111100 111111 010011 111001 000101 110111 010101 110001 010101 111111 110111 110011 110001 010111 010101 110001 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, to 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 God's Vagabond;
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  • history of its creation;
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