This is an analysis of the poem The Story Without End that begins with:

Before my time my kindred were
As felons in their land,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdefegbdX geheicicaaaafjXj hgaXhedXXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111100 110011 01110100 110101 11110101 110101 110101010 110101 11111101 010111 11011101 110111 11111111 0101001 11111101 110110 11011101 011101 11111101 010010 11110101 110101 11010101 110101 11110101 111101 11010101 010011 11001101 111111 11011101 110101 11010101 010101 010000101 110101 01100111 111111 11110101 110100 011011101 110111 11011101 010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 437
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, and are repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Story Without End;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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