This is an analysis of the poem Part 1 Of Trout Fishing In America that begins with:

THE COVER FOR
TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c c a b d d e X e d f c f c b g X h g b i j a e X j c X a h i a c g X a g c e b c i X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 11000100 0101110001000010110 10010101010010010 11010101001 111110010110 100111010101100 111100111010010 1011110010 0101 1111 01 111 101 1110 111 01010011111100 01000100110001 100011000110 101011111011110 0110110011101 00101101010100 10101010 00110011011111 01010100110010101 0101110 1001101010011 0101011011111 01110100111001 1100101011000 011010010101101 11000100101000101 0100111110 0101101 111010101010010 1111010100111 1100111011011 100110101101111 1001101 0101010101101 110101101010111 1010110101001100 100100010010 10111100100011110 11000
  • Amount of stanzas: 46
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 43
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, welcome, they, street are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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