This is an analysis of the poem Part 2 Of Trout Fishing In America that begins with:

ANOTHER METHOD
OF MAKING WALNUT CATSUP...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c a a d d e f a f g a b X f h i d j d j g g k l d d j m n X a j g X m X b d f j o o e n n a n f k f p o a d l e k a h d i c a X o g i h j a k a i i j a p X j j k XXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 0101110 100010111111000100 1011000100001111 110001001010101011 111010101010010010 10010 10100101010 1011011001 1010001101 10011011010 00100110101 1011010001 10111010010 11010110110 001101101 11111111 10111 10101010110001001 11110010 0101111 101010111010 1001001010100 0101110001011 11011000111 100010100111 01001111 11100010011010101 11111010 01110 10110100110 1111101011 1011110101 1000101011110 0111011101 10 11100010011110 10101010110010 010100101110 111101010 11100011 110001010 1101101 11101001001 010010101 1000111100 01010101110 1100111 101111010 110110101 0101010011 100001100110 011011000 111 1110001001010101 111011100 100101 1001010001111001 010110110001011 101101 1111101100001001 01010010101001111 0100101010010100101 100101000110010000100 100011100111010 10010010101100 111 1011010100100101 101111101010101 01010111100101 010111010001010 01111101000010110 1011010111 0111000111101001 11010010110101 11010100110101 10110111110010 00111010111010101 0101100110110111 11110101 011010 1111010 111010100101011 01010101011000100 10100110010000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 90
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 41
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, it, into, and, capital are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, of are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, of 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 of is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word of at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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