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

On the gray sea-sands
King Olaf stands,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaba ccac ddbd bbXb bbXb eeae bbfb eeaX ddfd aaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10111 1101 10110 11001 01011 0111 10010 01001 01001 01101 011110 01101 01111 01011 110010 01111 01011 01011 1011011 11011 11101 01001 10010 11001 11101 1001011 110110 1111 101101 111000 1111010 11011 10001 101101 10110 1001 10111 01111 110010 11001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 40

Anaphora

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