This is an analysis of the poem Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. The Musician's Tale; The Ballad Of Carmilhan - Ii. that begins with:
The jolly skipper paused awhile,
And then again began;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccX deaae fcggc hXhhX gicci jjggX fcXbX djggj jjccX jXjjX cXiib
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 110101 10010111 110011101 1010100 110100101 010101 1010110101 11010101 010111 110010111 110011 11111111 11010001 1110101 11010101 110100 10010101 11110001 110111 01000001 110101 111010111 111011101 1111001 1111100111 1001101 1011110111 11101111111 1100111 11110101 1110101 11110100 111011111 1000100 10110011 010111 11010101 11010101 1101001 11010101 100101 101011011 11110101 110111 10010111 010010 11011101 1010100111 110001 11111111 1101000 11010001 11010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; he is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'i, and are repeated.
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More information about poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. Interlude Iii.
- Analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. Finale
- Analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Poet's Tale; The Birds Of Killingworth
