This is an analysis of the poem Fishin'-Hunger that begins with:
BLUE skies mighty temptin', an' the sunbeams coaxin', too,
An' my wo'k is gettin' harder ebery day;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXXcddc beXeXXbXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101010101 111010101001 101010100011111 1101110101 10101010 10111010 11101010101 11101110 11101010 110101110001 1011101111010111 11100011100 1110101101011100 001010111111 10101010 10100110 10101110101 1010110 10111110 00101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 410
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; an', de are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jes', an' are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Fishin'-Hunger;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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