This is an analysis of the poem The Japanese Fisherman that begins with:
A young Japanese fisherman was killed
by a cloud at sea. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabc AADC AEFA AbdAEFA ADCX AXaA DAaXDagg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,7,4,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110110111 10111 1101001 110101010010 11101111 111111 0100110 110111011 11101111 1101110 1011111 11101111 111111 1101101 11111 111111 1101110 1011111 111111 101011 0100110 110111011 0111101 101011 111110 11101 101011 0100110 101011 011101 001000101 0100110 010011 1010111 111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; die, our, hands, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words those, this are repeated.
The author used the same words those, almond at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines die, me, you are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word die at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase slowly connects the lines.
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