This is an analysis of the poem Spreading Haddock that begins with:

First pre-heat the oven at 350degrees.
Take approximately 3lbs of fresh haddock, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbcb a dXefgacgafaeX b dbXXcghhhf aififh cagXeigeX Xdb X hebdfbX X fXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,13,1,10,6,9,3,1,7,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010110 10100010110 100 001010001 1101100101010 101011001 1011010000001010 1101010 111101001001 10101001010111 11101 01111 1001010001010 101010 111010 1101110 1010110000010 11100010 10001001 101000101011 1 011001000010 1110110 101011011 010110100110 11100101110 11101010 10110001 1 01 1010100101010 110001110 1011101 010010010 111111 1010010 1011011110 11110 111110 1110110110100 1110110010 1011110101 1 0110110001111 0101000100001 00110 1110110110 101001010 11010 1101011 11110100 11111010 01011010 110101 1 10011 10001101001 101011 100110101111010 0101110110101 10100
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; one, that are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Spreading Haddock;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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