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

A wild and woeful race he ran
Of lust and sin by land and sea;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dedefefX ghghigig bcbcfXfe gfgfgaga aaaajgjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 01111111 01010111 11100101 11110101 11110101 01011101 11010101 01000011 101111111 01110101 01110101 01010101 01010001 11010111 110101110 01010101 11000101 11110001 11011101 01111111 01010101 11110101 1111001101 01010101 11111001 01010101 01010111 11010101 11010100 01011111 101011111 101110101 11111111 11010111 11110101 11010111 11111101 11010011 11010111 101010101 01010101 11110111 01110111 11110101 11111101 11011101 110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; and, his, it, of, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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