This is an analysis of the poem At The Gill-Nets that begins with:

Tug at the net,
Haul at the net,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaXb bbcbbc ddadda aaceec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1101 1101001 1001 011 01111 1011 111 0011101 1101 0101 111101 1111 1111 110111 011 0111 10111 1111 111 1111010 1001 1011 101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; wish, i, net, your are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines net, wish, fish are repeated).

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