This is an analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Interlude Vi. by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Thus closed the tale of guilt and gloom,
That cast upon each listener's face…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaccbbcaa dccdbbeebfXXXfX ggheheX
- Stanza lengths: 11,15,7,
- Metre: 11010111 110111001 01111111 01010101 01110101 010100111 01010001 111100101 01110101 10011001 10011101 01010101 11111101 01000101 111100101 11010010 01110101 11010001 100011101 00010001 001011101 11010100 110010100 11110111 11010111 11110001 11010101 01010101 01010101 11110111 11000011 10111101 01010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 33
Repeated words/phrases
and, his
