This is an analysis of the poem Fit The Fourth ( Hunting Of The Snark ) that begins with:
The Hunting
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ababXccc aXde fgXg hXhX fifi cece bjbj Xded ieiX efbf icic iege igig cXcX iXiX eded iXiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010 01011011001 101011001 001001001001 001101101 111011111101 011001001 11011101001 11101001 1001001001001 11110101000 1011110001001 1001101101 101110101101 11101111 10100100110 1100111 101001011001 11001011 111001101011 11001110 100100100101011 111011001 101111001011 101101001 110110101001 10111110010 101011111101 1110010010 101001001001 00100111 0100100111 0100111 100100101011 01001011 11111111111 101101001 101001110001 101001011 111001001111 011011010 101001011111 11011011 01001101011 11011001 011010010001 11001101 101011101101 11000001 101001001001 11001001 010010011010 11101001 01001001001 01001001 10101001001 11001001 101011011011 01011101 111001011001 10100111100 10001110010011 101100101000 101010001001 11010110100 01011010001 11001011 11001011011 111001011 1010101001111 01001001 1011001011001 1111111010
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, it, said, i, to, with, seek, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, to are repeated.
The author used the same words the, for at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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