Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga Of King Olaf Xviii. -- King Olaf And Earl Sigvald by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga Of King Olaf Xviii. -- King Olaf And Earl Sigvald that begins with:

On the gray sea-sands
King Olaf stands,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba ccac ddbd bbXb bbXb eeae bbfb eeaX ddfd aaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 1101 10110 11001 01011 0111 10010 01001 01001 01101 011110 01101 01111 01011 110010 01111 01011 01011 1011011 11011 11101 01001 10010 11001 11101 1001011 110110 1111 101101 111000 1111010 11011 10001 101101 10110 1001 10111 01111 110010 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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