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

The Banker's Fate
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdedX bfbf Xgeg hiai ijXj kgag fkfk bhXh XafX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101 11001011001 10100111 1100100111 1100111 1010010001011 0110110001 11001111011 001001001 11111001011 01001011 11101011001 111011001 11010111001 11010011011 101001001001 11101001 0111111101 11001001 11111111011 11011001 01001101001 11111101 101001100111100 11001101 111001111011 011001110 111101101011 01001001 001001100111 11001101 1010100100001 101111001 111001101101 1100101 11101000100100 111001001 101100100101100 01001001 111101101001 1111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • 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; with, they, it, and, he, to, his are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Fit The Seventh ( Hunting Of The Snark );
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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