This is an analysis of the poem The Fishing Cure that begins with:

There's nothing that builds up a toil-weary soul
Like a day on a stream,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccc dXdXcece fdfdgdgd hbhbigig
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101101 101101 1101001101 101011 11010101101 001011 11001001001 11101 11101101101 101011 01111011111 11101 110111000101 01001 11011001001 111101 01111101011 01001 010010010001 101001 01001111101 011011 111001101101 101101 000101111001 001001 11001101101 111101 101101011011 011111 101011011101 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The Fishing Cure;
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