This is an analysis of the poem Fishing Reasons that begins with:

Fish can be bought in the market place,
So it isn't the fish I'm after....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbabcdcdefefGegehchcececAfafGege
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110100101 100001010 1101100111 11011010 1101110111 1110101 1101110111 111011001 10000111101 00101101 1010111101 11100101 1101111111 00100101 1101111011 11100111 10000111101 11100101 1010111111 1011101 11111001001 10100101 11101110101 11001101 110100101 11110101 11100100111 10100101 1101111111 1011101 1010111011 0111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 261
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; i, to, want, of are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Fishing Reasons;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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