If They Can Excite Fresh Fish To Bite by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem If They Can Excite Fresh Fish To Bite that begins with:

I could never trust anyone I knew,
Who told outright lies! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaabcaca XccXdXXd aXccDabbacD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110011 11111 00101010 010101010 1111101110 10001001001 1011010 11111 001000111 11011110 1000101011 010100110010 1110001000010 01011 101110101000 100010000101011000 1011 11011010 101011001 01010101000100 011011101 11001111 10001101110101 1010 111011111 010010111010 011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; have, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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