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

Well pleased all listened to the tale,
That drew, the Student said, its pith... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddccdceeXee ceeXfffefggeff aaaXXXeXeX XcXceeheeehehX XahheegXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,14,10,14,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001 11010101 11000101 01101101 11010101 10010101 11010101 11010111 11110101 1010001001 11010101 11011001 11010101 100111010 11000111 11000101 01010111 01010111 10010101 01110100 11011101 001010011 1001001 11010101 10011101 01000101 01011101 100001001 11010001 11111111 010111001 11101101 01110111 11110101 1100011 01010100 110111101 11011101 11100101 11010011 010100110 11000100 100101000 110001001 01000001 11011101 110101001 10010101 11010101 11011111 10110101 11000101 110010101 010011101 00010101 11010101 01010111 01011101 11110101 01010001 10110101 10010100 11010001 01001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 429
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • 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, as, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are 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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  • summary of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. Interlude Ii.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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