This is an analysis of the poem Part 10 Of Trout Fishing In America that begins with:

WITNESS FOR TROUT FISHING
IN AMERICA PEACE...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a b c d e c f f f g f h h i c j c X X X X k a l b X c j m i m k X d m l g i e c k k k b j d i a mXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 001001 010100110111110 110001001011110 01101011100111 1011110100010101 1011 010110111001 10011010 10101011111 10010110010111 101101010100 101010011001101001 0101101010101 110111001010111 101010100 110001001100010 11101010 10111110110110 100101010010 100101110 110001010110010 101010110001001 1010100100101 1111111100 010001001010010 101101010010010101 1010100010101 01001101101110 101101011 10010001010011 101011100101011 10010010110011010 10000001110010001 10110001001011010 01001010 1001001100010 101011001001001 1010110100111101 010010100101110 1 100011101011111 101111010010011 1010111 010011101011100 10010010111001010 1110100010 10100110101010101 0101010010110110 11100010011010010 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 51
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 49
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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; in, of are repeated.

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

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

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