This is an analysis of the poem Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Interlude I. that begins with:

The Landlord ended thus his tale,
Then rising took down from its nail... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXcbacXXccdeedbddX caaccddcbbdddddfdfdfffddggcccccccaadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,37,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 11011001 01111101 11000101 11111001 01010101 10010001 11110101 11000011 10100100 10001100 11010101 11101101 11000101 10010111 11111101 01010101 11110111 10010101 01010101 11011101 11011111 10100101 11110111 01010101 11110101 01110001 10110001 0111011 10010001 11001001 10010001 01110101 01010101 11010101 01010100 01010111 1100101 11010111 0111101 11000111 10110101 010100001 01110111 01111101 10010101 10010101 010010001 0100101 1100101 10010101 11010101 01111101 111100101 11011101 10111111 10011101 0111010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 996
  • Average number of words per stanza: 182
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, tale, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Interlude I.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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