This is an analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga Of King Olaf Ix. -- Thangbrand The Priest by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Short of stature, large of limb,
Burly face and russet beard,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbX cXcaddc bebeffc cfcfggc hchcaXc cicifXc XbbbiXc hihXbbc cecejjX biXibXc kikXbbc
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Metre: 1010101 1011101 1010111 1010101 111 0101 1110101 1011111 1111100 0010111 1110011 011 0101 1010101 1110011 1010001 10000101 10010101 101 1111 10010101 0010101 1011101 1010111 0100101 101 1101 1010101 10101011 1010111 1101111 1011101 101 01010 1010101 0011111 1011101 0000101 11100111 11001 0101 1010101 1010100 1001101 1000101 10000101 101 1110 1110101 1110101 0010111 1110111 1010011 1001 1101 1110101 1011011 1111101 10100101 1011101 0111 1001 1010101 1010110 1110111 1111100 1100111 11111 0101 1010101 1010111 1011111 1110101 0101101 101 0101 1010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 77

Repeated words/phrases

he, and

Anaphora

a, boisterous