This is an analysis of the poem Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. Finale that begins with:

These are the tales those merry guests
Told to each other, well or ill;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab ccddXda eXddffdddgg ddcchhaigagi ggceeceX cceXeeee iiiiiijjffjhhf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,11,12,8,8,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 10110111 11011111 01010011 11010111 11011111 01010101 100010101 10110111 11011111 10010001 01010011 11010001 011101010 110100101 01011101 00010101 100101101 11011101 11010111 11010101 01010001 010101001 111101001 11010001 11000111 11110001 11010101 01011001 10111001 11000101 11010011 11001001 011101001 010110001 100111001 100110111 110011101 01111101 01010101 01110101 01011101 10111000 11010111 11010101 11011101 11111101 11010101 11010101 010101001 11010101 11111111 11001101 11011101 11010111 11010111 11010011 01010111 00010001 11010101 10110011 10010101 110010111 11110101 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of, and, in, that, what are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word these at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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