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

Soon as the story reached its end,
One, over eager to commend,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb aadcaadcdbdbe aeafceggcX aXgXgXddXaaafdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,10,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010001 10001101 11010111 11010001 00011101 010100101 110101011 101110001 11010001 11010111 01000101 01010101 010010011 11010101 11010101 10110111 10010101 11011101 00010101 10110101 11110111 10101101 10010001 10110111 100100111 01010101 11011101 110010100 10111111 110010100 11110101 11001101 11011101 011001001 11010111 10011101 11101100 01000101 11011101 010101101 01110101 11111111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 374
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is 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 Ii.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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