This is an analysis of the poem A Tale that begins with:
Where pastoral Tweed, renown'd in song,
With rapid murmur flows;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb cded fghg cici fjkj lmfm knmn ooeo lXfc hdad jngn pbcb pccc ogdg cccc iqiX cjnj rgig cbqb ccrc bgbg cdid coco nXeX njaj jcec ccXc cnrn ekdk gccX cjcj ndcd omcm cdcd neie cnsn dccc coqo dnrn gjnj lccc nmcm gcjX gcbc cnbn smgm noco cfnf bjbX jbnb gjXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010101 010101 01000101 010101 01010101 010101 01010101 010101 11010101 010101 10011101 111101 10010101 110101 10010111 110101 11010001 1000101 11010101 010001 01000101 110001 11010001 110001 100110101 010101 01011101 110001 010101001 110101 100110101 110101 11010001 01001110 01010101 110111 01010101 010101 01011001 110101 01011101 011101 01010101 010101 11100101 010011 01111101 010101 011100101 010101 01010001 110101 11110101 1101110 11110100 1101010 010101001 010101 11011101 010101 010100101 011101 00110011 110101 10010101 0100101 11010001 010001 111101010 010101 01010101 110101 101100101 110101 11100101 010001 01110111 011101 101101010 011101 10011100 100101 110101001 110101 01010101 111011 11010101 0100101 100101001 110111 11110101 110101 10111111 010101 10010001 110111 11100101 010101 1100100111 010001 010100101 1101001 11010111 111101 11011101 010111 101111011 110101 11111111 010101 11101010 110101 11010001 100101 11010001 010111 11011101 010111 11110101 0101110 010100101 100101 10110101 111001 11110101 001111 10110111 011111 11010101 011111 10110111 101101 11010111 010011 01111101 100101 11010101 010101 11011101 011101 10010011 110101 10010011 011101 10011001 011101 01010011 010101 110100011 010011 11010111 010101 11010001 010101 1101110010 001101 11011111 011101 11011111 111111 110101001 010111 11001101 110001 110111111 110101 01010101 010101 11110101 010101 11110101 110101 010101010 110101 01010001 010101 0100100101 110101 10110101 011101 10010101 111101 11010101 110101 10110101 1100011 01110111 010001 11010111 010100 01010101 010101 11010001 110101 111111010 1111010 01010001 0100101 01010101 010101 11101101 010101 11110101 1101010 11111111 111101 10010111 100101 11010111 010101 01000101 0101101 111101001 011101 110000101 010101 11010011 111111 01010101 110001 11010011 100101 10010101 011101 11010101 010111 10010101 110101 11010001 111101 11110111 010101 111111001 010101 11010101 010101 11110101 010101 11110101 1101011 100110111 110101 11010101 010111 11111101 010101 11010011 111101 11010111 110101 11110101 010011 110101010 110101 11001101 010011 11001111 110101 01010001 110101 11010101 010101 11010111 1110100 01011101 010101 11111111 111011 11011101 1111010 11110111 0111010 10010101 1101001 11010101 1101001 110100001 010111 11110101 110101 01010101 110101 010101001 110101 110100101 111111 11010101 111001 1101001011 1101101 11010011 010011 11110101 110101 11011101 111111 11111111 010101 11110101 010001 10011111 110101 01010101 111101 11001101 110101 11010111 1100011 11011101 111101 01110111 011101 11010001 011111 11111101 111111 11110101 011101 11010111 110101 110011101 111101 11110111 110101 1111111010 1101001 11010101 010101 11001101 1010111 10110111 0100110 01010111 111101 111101001 01011 11110101 110101 11010011 0101001 110101010 010101 10010101 010101 101110111 010101 11010101 010101 11101001 1101010 1010100111 111111 10010101 110101 01010101 010101 010100101 010101 11011101 010101 01011111 110111 01010101 0100101 11110001 010101 010100101 010101 01010001 111001 11110111 111101 01010101 010101 1011100010 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 94
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 376
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, in, his, and, i, to, my, he, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the, and, his, they are repeated.
The author used the same words 'i, he, 'the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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- summary of A Tale;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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