Analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. Interlude V.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
'Signor Luigi,' said the Jew,
When the Sicilian's tale was told,
'The were-wolf is a legend old,
But the were-ass is something new,
And yet for one I think it true.
The days of wonder have not ceased;
If there are beasts in forms of men,
As sure it happens now and then,
Why may not man become a beast,
In way of punishment at least?
'But this I will not now discuss,
I leave the theme, that we may thus
Remain within the realm of song.
The story that I told before,
Though not acceptable to all,
At least you did not find too long.
I beg you, let me try again,
With something in a different vein,
Before you bid the curtain fall.
Meanwhile keep watch upon the door,
Nor let the Landlord leave his chair,
Lest he should vanish into air,
And so elude our search once more.
Thus saying, from his lips he blew
A little cloud of perfumed breath,
And then, as if it were a clew
To lead his footsteps safely through,
Began his tale as followeth.
Scheme | ABBAACDDCCEEFGHFDIHGJJGAKHAK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010101 101111 00110101 10011101 01111111 01110111 11110111 11110101 11110101 01110011 11111101 11011111 01010111 01011101 11010011 11111111 11111101 110001001 01110101 1110101 1101111 11110011 010110111 11011111 01011011 01111001 1111101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 920 |
Words | 186 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 720 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 183 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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