This is an analysis of the poem The Fish that begins with:
wade
through black jade...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcddaaeddbfXeghhfccddXiibbjgXaafaajjX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 111 001110111 010011 100110011 1 101 010010101 001101 11001100 1 111 110101110 000100 01101010 0 101 010010101 01010101 00110101 1 111 1000101111 101101 10111010 1 010 100110110 010100 10100100 11 100 010101111 101111 11001010 1 010 100111011 111101 01011100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 925
- Average number of words per stanza: 159
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
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- summary of The Fish;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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