This is an analysis of the poem Fit The First: ( Hunting Of The Snark ) that begins with:

The Landing
"Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcX cece cbcb fdfd egeg hihi ejej kXXX aeXX XflX baba haha fXXc afaf mama feXe kgkg hlhl bhbh nlnlXkkkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010 100110100101 11100101 01011101001 101001001 100110111101 101101001 10110111101 111111010 01101001001 01001011 01001001101 101001011 0101011101 101111101 101001101001 101011001 111001011101 111101001 111001011001 11001011 111111101001 101111001 001001101011 101111101 111011011001 001101011 11101001001 101101101 01001101001 111011111 01101101001 111001001 11100100101011 1110101100110 0101111011010100 10100101010 111101011001 11100101 01001111010 10100100100 1010010010111 101011001 1001000111101 0011110010 11101001011 011001001 111101101001 10011010011 11101011111 101011011 1110110011111 101000001 01001101001 111101001 111101011110100 001001111 11101011001 101101001 111011001011 111111001 111101001001 111011011 11101111001 11101001 01011001001 01001001 111001001001 101111001 01001101010 01001011 101001111001 001111101 101011101001 101011111 111111001101 101001011 01011111001 01011011 101001011001 01011001 0010010110110 11001111 110010010110 11011001 11101011001 01001011 01011001001 101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 89
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, he, of, or, to, with, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, he are repeated.

    The author used the same words there, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • history of its creation;
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