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

Touched by the pathos of these rhymes,
The Theologian said: 'All praise... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccXddX XXbbaaaaaaccccbccX cceefeeX aafXafX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,18,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011 010100111 00010011 10010101 11010101 11011101 11010111 01011101 11010101 11011101 11010001 0101011 01010101 11110101 11111111 11010101 11011111 10010011 01011101 11011111 10111101 110101011 11110101 010100101 101100101 00110011 11110111 11110111 110101001 10110011 010100101 11011101 11010101 11011101 100110111 010101001 10110001 110011110 11010101 01011101 110010111 11010101 11010100 10110101 01011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 387
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word whose is 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 Vii.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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