This is an analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. The Musician's Tale; The Ballad Of Carmilhan - Ii. by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The jolly skipper paused awhile,
And then again began;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abccX deaae fcggc hXhhX gicci jjggX fcXbX djggj jjccX jXjjX cXiib
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 01010101 110101 10010111 110011101 1010100 110100101 010101 1010110101 11010101 010111 110010111 110011 11111111 11010001 1110101 11010101 110100 10010101 11110001 110111 01000001 110101 111010111 111011101 1111001 1111100111 1001101 1011110111 11101111111 1100111 11110101 1110101 11110100 111011111 1000100 10110011 010111 11010101 11010101 1101001 11010101 100101 101011011 11110101 110111 10010111 010010 11011101 1010100111 110001 11111111 1101000 11010001 11010101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 55
Repeated words/phrases
he
Anaphora
'i, and
