This is an analysis of the poem The Tale Of Steven that begins with:
’TIS the tale of Simon Steven, braceman at the Odd-and-Even,
At The Nations, in the gully. They were sinking in the rock.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb dbeb dXXf cgcg fheh Xifi agag ebeb Xjcj fdddXfaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010100101110 101000101010001 1111101010101010 1111101001010001 1110111010110010 111011101010011 1010101011101010 111110100110001 1111101000101010 1110111001011101 1011101010101010 111011100111101 1111101010101110 111010100111011 1110101010111010 111010100110101 1110001010101010 10101010111101 1110101000101110 1110011100010101 101111101001010010 1010111010100101 1110101011101010 101011101010101 1010111011101110 100100101010101 1110101010111010 1010101011110111 1010011010111110 0010001001111101 11111001010101010 101010101010101 1011111011110010 111110111110111 1010101010111010 101011101011111 1010101011101010 001010101100111 1111101011101110 1100110101111110 1111110010111010 1110101011101111 1110111010101010 111010101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, for, she, his, sim, we are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase shock connects the lines.
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- summary of The Tale Of Steven;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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