This is an analysis of the poem Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. Interlude V. that begins with:

Well pleased the audience heard the tale.
The Theologian said: 'Indeed,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbcddcdeaaefggefebbX haahaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101 010100110 01110101 11110101 11111111 01010111 11010111 11111111 11010111 11010101 11010101 11011101 11001001 11010101 11001101 10010011 10110101 11110001 11111101 11111111 01010111 11000101 10100111 10010111 10111101 01010111 101101001 10010101 11010101 11000111 11000110 101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 542
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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