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

All praised the Legend more or less;
Some liked the moral, some the verse;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaababcbdbXd effegX bggbXhhg cbbcddccbX ccecXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,8,10,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11010101 11010111 11010001 01010101 11110011 010100101 11010101 01111111 11011001 11011001 11010101 110111110 01010101 11010101 110100110 10011111 1011010 100100111 11010101 10111001 01111110 110101010 11011001 01010111 10110001 11110111 01011101 11010101 01010101 11111101 01011101 11010001 11100101 11110001 11010101 111100101 01010101 11010101 01010101 101101100 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; some, and, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, and, nor are repeated.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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