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

A strain of music closed the tale,
A low, monotonous, funeral wail,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccccXcXdddX effeefbggb bddbbdXdd XhbbX ffiigffg ffXXcffc ccbbbbjj aahfffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,11,10,9,5,8,8,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 0101001001 10010111 10110101 110101001 11010001 11010001 11010101 100101100 0110101 11011110 01110101 11011101 11110111 11111100 11011001 110101001 11010101 11010111 11010101 11010011 010000101 11010001 11111111 11010101 10010111 10010001 11010111 110010110 01010101 11000111 01010110 01011101 11010100 1111010 11110111 01010101 11011111 11110100 101101110 010101010 11010101 01011101 11110001 01110101 01010101 110110101 10110110 11000101 10111110 0100100 11110101 11010001 11010101 11010101 11001001 01000111 010011001 10010001 11111101 11010111 11010101 01011001 10110101 11010111 11001110 10010001 10110101 11110101 11000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • 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, in, i, hear, of are repeated.

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

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

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