This is an analysis of the poem He Told A Homely Tale that begins with:

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He told a homely tale... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101 1100010 01010111 0100010 110101 110111 11010100 0100010 010000100 11000010 110001000 110110 010101 110101 110111000 1100100000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of He Told A Homely Tale;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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