This is an analysis of the poem Piscator And Piscatrix that begins with:

As on this pictured page I look,
This pretty tale of line and hook... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb dddbcccb eeefeeef ggghXgXh aaXfaaaf bbbfiiif jjjkllllk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 01010111 11000101 0101010 11010111 10010001 01110101 1101011 01011101 01110001 11010101 0101010 11110101 01010101 11010101 1100010 00110101 01010011 11010101 0101010 01010001 01111101 11010111 1101010 11000111 11010101 01010101 1100010 110100001 110101001 11010101 1100010 11010101 11011111 11010100 1101110 11111111 11010101 01010101 0101010 11011111 01011111 01011101 0101010 01011101 010100101 11011101 0101010 00110101 01011101 11110111 0001010 11110101 01011101 01011101 11011111 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a are repeated.

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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