This is an analysis of the poem Come, Tell Me Some Olden Story that begins with:

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Come tell me some olden story...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xababcdcd XXebefgfg XhhXhaeae Xbhbhcici
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11111010 011100 11101010 110101 11001010 010101 11110110 110101 1 10111110 110101 101010010 010101 11010111 111101 01011101 110111 1 10111110 110101 11011000 0100111 0111010 111101 11110110 111111 1 1100010 111111 10111010 111101 1101010 111001 1111110 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; s is repeated.

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  • summary of Come, Tell Me Some Olden Story;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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