This is an analysis of the poem The Angler that begins with:
When saucy Celia came my way
I knew my sport was ended,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdaXabXXefbXcghXibXb ejbXbdcdidXdfbkbidXdbdbdXgagXbkX ajhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,32,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 1111110 11110101 1101010 01110101 1101010 10011111 1111010 11010111 1111010 10110100 1111100 11110001 1101010 11110101 1100100 11010101 1101010 11111101 1101010 10110111 0111010 100111101 1100110 11111101 1111010 11011101 11010010 11010101 0110010 11110101 0111110 11011101 1101110 11110101 01010110 01010001 0101010 01110111 1111010 11011101 0111010 10111101 1101010 11010101 1101110 01010101 1101010 11110101 1111010 11110110 0101110 11110101 0011110 11110111 1111010 11010111 1101010 11110101 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 643
- Average number of words per stanza: 124
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; my, to, thou are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Angler;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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