Analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Finale
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
The hour was late; the fire burned low,
The Landlord's eyes were closed in sleep,
And near the story's end a deep,
Sonorous sound at times was heard,
As when the distant bagpipes blow.
At this all laughed; the Landlord stirred,
As one awaking from a swound,
And, gazing anxiously around,
Protested that he had not slept,
But only shut his eyes, and kept
His ears attentive to each word.
Then all arose, and said 'Good Night.'
Alone remained the drowsy Squire
To rake the embers of the fire,
And quench the waning parlor light;
While from the windows, here and there,
The scattered lamps a moment gleamed,
And the illumined hostel seemed
The constellation of the Bear,
Downward, athwart the misty air,
Sinking and setting toward the sun.
Far off the village clock struck one.
Scheme | ABBCACCXDDC EXXEFGGFFHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101101011 0110101 01010101 10011111 1101011 1111011 111101 01010001 01011111 11011101 11010111 11010111 01010101 110101010 01010101 11010101 01010101 00010101 0010101 10010101 100100101 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 765 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 11 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 305 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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