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

It was Einar Tamberskelver
Stood beside the mast;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacdcd bdXdcXcX eaeXeaea cfcXcccX XdbXcgcg hXhXbfXX aiaicdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101000 10101 00111010 10101 11101010 11101 10101010 10101 11101010 10101 11101000 11101 10101010 101001 10101010 10101 10001110 10101 11101110 10101 10101110 10101 10101110 10101 11111010 10101 100111010 00101 10101010 00101 10111110 01111 11101100 10101 11111010 11101 00101010 11001 10101110 10101 10111110 10110 100111010 10101 10111010 10001 1011101 11111 10101010 10101 11111010 10101 10101010 10101 11101010 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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