Analysis of The Three Gipsies
Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau 1802 (Csatád, (Schadat)) – 1850 (Oberdöbling near Vienna)
Three gipsy men I saw one day
Stretched out on the grass together,
As wearily o'er the sandy way
My wagon brushed the heather.
The first of the three was fiddling there
In the glow of evening pallid,
Playing a wild and passionate air,
The tune of some gipsy ballad.
From the second's pipe the smoke-wreaths curled,
He watched them melt at his leisure.
So full of content, it seemed the world
Had naught to add to his pleasure.
And what of the third?--He was fast asleep,
His harp to a bough confided;
The breezes across the strings did sweep,
A dream o'er his heart-strings glided.
The garb of all was worn and frayed,
With tatters grotesquely mended;
But flouting the world, and undismayed,
The three with fate contended.
They showed me how, by three-fold scoff,
When cares of life perplex us,
To smoke, or sleep, or fiddle them off,
And scorn the ills that vex us.
I passed them, but my gaze for long
Dwelt on the trio surly--
Their dark bronze features sharp and strong,
Their loose hair black and curly.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EBEB FDFG XGAG HIHI JKJK |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 1111111 11101010 1100100101 1101010 011011101 00111010 100101001 0111110 101010111 11111110 111101101 11111110 0110111101 11101010 010010111 011011110 01111101 11001010 1100101 0111010 11111111 1111011 111111011 0101111 11111111 110110 11110101 1111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 988 |
Words | 186 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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