This is an analysis of the poem Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga Of King Olaf Xxii. -- The Nun Of Nidaros that begins with:
In the convent of Drontheim,
Alone in her chamber... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXa cbcdac addbXX XedccX dcedfX XdXeXf afXcbf bXggfb egffaX XgXcXg gXedcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010010 010010 110010 111010 010100 010110 110010 010110 010010 010011 110110 110010 010010 011110 011110 010010 010011 111010 01011 0010010 110110 010010 010010 1000110 10010 010010 010010 00010 110010 011110 101100 10110 11111 100100 111000 11010010 110010 110110 100110 10110 111010 111110 111110 1101000 111010 10111 111110 111010 1011 0010010 10110 010010 10110 01110 11010 010011 010010 11010 10110 111111 110110 100110 10010 10111 011111 10100
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, now, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, the, a are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga Of King Olaf Xxii. -- The Nun Of Nidaros;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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