This is an analysis of the poem The Auld Fisher that begins with:
There was an auld fisher, he sat by the wa',
An' luikit oot ower the sea;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXBX cXcX A XXXX A XaXa XXBX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,1,4,1,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011101 11011001 01011011101 1011001 101011010 1010110 1011110111 11001011 1011011011 110111 1010101101 11100101 1010110101 110110101 11101010 1010110101 110111 1010110101 1111111110 101011101 110011010110 101010101 101011010 1010110 1011110111 11001011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', awa, to, i'm are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
The author used the same word an' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines awa is repeated).
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- summary of The Auld Fisher;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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