This is an analysis of the poem Aquarium Fish that begins with:

MOULD-COLOURED like the leaf long fallen from
The autumn branch, he rises now, the Fish....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdeXcddaeXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011100 0101110101 0110010111 111101101 100101 0101001111 1010111111 0100010100 110111 1101011101 1101011100 0101011111 01010101110 110011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 561
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Aquarium Fish;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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