This is an analysis of the poem The Catch that begins with:

You take me to the restaurant where one
plays God over a fish tank. The fat trout...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXbb cXbdad XdcXae babeX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,5,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010111 1110011011 1111100010 10110011111 11110011 1111111111 1010010010 110000100 10111010110 10010110110 010101101010 10110100110 0110111111 100011010 11100101011 100011101010 1111001010 0011011101 1101010011 0100101001 1001011001 010110011 10010101111111 011101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Catch;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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