This is an analysis of the poem A Tale that begins with:
This youth too long has heard the break
Of waters in a land of change. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fgfgXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111101 01000101 11011111 01110011 111101010 11101111 0100101010 01010001 10110111 11010101 01011101 11110101 11011101 00010111 010101101 11000101 110101010 110001110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Tale;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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