This is an analysis of the poem Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Prelude; The Wayside Inn that begins with:
One Autumn night, in Sudbury town,
Across the meadows bare and brown,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabba Xcccdecebbe bbbbXbffbccffaaghghiiXg ajjabbaeffekkgbbllgaagafXg gghhhhhahha bhbaabhhmmbbebbe kXdcXkffgggghhfXhhjjh bbaahgghhghllXhlbkkbhnhnaXaXXXa jgjaoogahhhpphbqhqbXjbbbpbphhjcdbbnnjjX XjjhghhaaghXbbbXjhcXXhkjjkckck ejajeagggammga kkhhllllhhbXggaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,11,23,26,11,16,21,31,39,30,14,16,26,14,9,18,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
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- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
- Average number of words per stanza: 112
- Amount of lines: 310
- 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, of, in, sir, his, as, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, and, a, the, it, sir, of are repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga Of King Olaf Ix. -- Thangbrand The Priest
- Analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga Of King Olaf V. -- The Skerry Of Shrieks
- Analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga Of King Olaf Viii. -- Gudrun
