This is an analysis of the poem The Fisherman that begins with:
THE waters rush'd, the waters rose,
A fisherman sat by,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ba bc dc d e fe fg bg b h ih ig Xg X a ga gb XbXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 010111 11010101 110101 111111001 011101 11010111 100101 11011101 1010111 01011101 011101 11111101 010101 110110111 110100 101011101 110101 11011111 110001 011101111 0111001 11110111 1001010 01010101 100101 10011101 010101 11010111 011111 11111111 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 51
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thou, his, she, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word his at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Fisherman;
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