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

Dear mother, dear mother, the church is cold,
But the ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa aXbb ccddXbbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101100101 101101011011 0111111111 11001001011 10101111111 10101011010 1111110111 1101100101 1010111111 110110110001 11011101111 111101011011 11101001001 01011011011 11111000101010 111111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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

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