This is an analysis of the poem Little Fishermen that begins with:

A little ship goes out to sea
As soon as we have finished tea;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeaaffbb ddggggbb hhaaddff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 11111101 11010111 01010101 11011111 01010110 01010111 11010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 00010101 11001101 01110111 1101001110 01010101 11010111 011100101 101101101 01011101 01010101 11001101 11010101 11010101 11011101 01111111 01010101 11001101 11111101 11111101 01110101 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Little Fishermen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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