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

The evening came; the golden vane
A moment in the sunset glanced,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbaXb aaaacacccc deedd fggfddhhbccX hccchX ffaaaaahijhhji cckkciiillX XhciihXimfXXmmmffXfXcfcX cccXXfnniX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,5,12,6,14,11,24,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 01000111 11011101 10010101 11000101 11010101 010101110 11010001 11010101 11001101 11010101 11000101 010101011 1100101101 11010101 010101001 11001111 011010001 01011001 11110101 00010101 01010101 01010101 01110101 11110001 01010101 01011111 11110101 11000111 01000101 01110101 01010001 110010001 01100111 11110001 010001001 110101001 11010101 11011111 11010101 111101010 01010101 1101001 01010101 11010101 110101001 01100101 00110101 11111111 100110111 01110101 11010101 01110111 01000101 00100111 10001001 01011101 11010111 110010101 01011111 101110111 101110111 101001011 011101010 011101110 110111111 111111100 01010101 11101101 01011101 11010101 010010001 11011100 11111111 10110101 01010001 01011100 11010101 11010101 11110101 110101010 11111101 01010001 11010111 01000101 110010111 11110101 10011111 11010001 110110110 100100101 11111111 01010111 11010011 01011101 11110101 11110111 01001101 01010101 10011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • 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; and, of, not, thee, i are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee 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. Prelude;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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