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

A cold, uninterrupted rain,
That washed each southern window-pane,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccaacccaac dXdbbddX ddeaaffeedaggda adXabbdhhiiffddfjjdkkk bbijXijXX llmfifimmifif nndbnbXkkd bbXdiidajaaj Xoaoii abbahacchbbbbccibbXXddbiinbliln
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,15,22,9,13,10,12,6,31,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100101 11110101 11010001 01011101 01010101 11010101 11011111 11011101 1100101001 01011101 10110001 11110011 01010101 10010001 110101101 11011001 11111011 01001100 11010101 01000111 11000101 10010111 01011001 111011100 10010101 01111111 01010101 010001001 11010101 01011101 111101101 10010101 01110101 11010101 01011101 01011101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11110111 11000101 110101010 10010101 100100101 01010111 10110101 11010001 11010111 010100101 01001101 01011111 10010101 10010101 010001101 010000101 11010101 01001111 01110101 11011001 01010011 10010001 01010101 010001001 010100101 01010101 10010100 11010001 010001001 11010100 10110100 110100001 010100001 11010001 11001101 10110011 01110101 11000101 11000101 10010100 01110111 11101101 11111101 1101001 11010110 00010101 01010101 01010101 11111101 11010001 0101010110 01011101 01011101 11010101 01010101 11100101 0100001100 11000101 11011111 01010110 11010101 10010001 11010101 11000111 11010101 01010001 11010110 11010101 01110001 11100111 01010111 11010111 010100111 01010001 010010101 01010101 01110001 110100101 01010111 11100101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11101101 10111101 11111101 11010101 01010011 10111101 010101100 11011101 101100111 010001001 110010001 10010101 10101100 01011011 11000110 100100101 10010100 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 436
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 141
  • 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, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. Prelude;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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