This is an analysis of the poem Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga Of King Olaf Xix. -- King Olaf's War-Horns that begins with:
'Strike the sails!' King Olaf said;
'Never shall men of mine take flight;... full text
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- Rhyme scheme:
- Stanza lengths (in strings):
- Closest metre:
- Сlosest rhyme:
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- Guessed form:
- Metre:
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words never, his are repeated.
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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 Xvi. -- Queen Thuri And The Angelica Stalks
- Analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga Of King Olaf Xx. -- Einar Tamberskelver
- Analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga Of King Olaf Xxii. -- The Nun Of Nidaros