This is an analysis of the poem Part 3 Of Trout Fishing In America that begins with:

SEA, SEA RIDER
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c c d b c d c e f f f g h i j X k X d e b c f l m n c i d e d c X X c i e f X d d o m m d d d m f g l n f d i d f p f f b h f m X o d l d d i d e q l X h o d f l d f X i X l l d i d d c h d o g k j f g l h g l r r c X d d a e c n a o c d b X d X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 011101111101110 110110101010010 1101010011010 110011001010110 111010110111110 11010101101010 10101101011110 10011010 11011101100010 1100101100 011101011111 10011010111 10010101111100 10101101011101 111010010110010 110100110110011 111010111100 1100110010110111 1101100101 11010001001111 1011010001011110 111111010101110 1101010 011101111011 010001010101100 00110010101111 101011101011001 111010100111101 100111001001001 11101110110011 10 01 1 0101 1 0 11 10 01000111101110 111101110110110 011101 10111 101111110110101 11110100111101 0101001101011001 0110110111110110 11001101010011 1011001 1100011 11010111101101 10100101011101001 0111001011101011 001001111010011 11101011110101 110101100111110 110011001011101 1111001101011010 10110111000100 1101 10100111011101 11100011111111 10001110101010110 110100111010101 011101 1001111101011111 010011110 111011000111110 110111 1111111110101 101 01101101100101 11101111111011 110101011011101 110010100 1101 01100101101001001 1111010 101011111101 01110110110110 11001000011111111 11110 1000111111011 111011111111 11011 1011010101100 10111011100101001 01101 111011110111 1111101011101 1101110100010011 10 010001111010101 010101111011111 00100101101101101010 100101 10001 10100101011001 1000100101101001 1111110001010110 00010101100101011 111 111001000110011 101110101010011 1011111100101 11101100100110 01 11110101 101101011101000 1010101100010 101111011010000 10101110101 101010111110101 11011011111110 010101100111110 10101100110011 00101010001110101 100111111010110 100011001011011110 011010000100010 1001110101001010 01101011101110010 11101101100101001 1011110110011 1001111011001 111011100011110 1011101111101100 11 10100 1010100010111110 1110001101011 1011001011111 1101011111110 1011111010101 10010011110111 101011011010101 01001 10101100101 1001101111111 111010010101110001 10111 111011111111 101010101101110 01101011100100 1010011101 1011011111111 0101011010 11000101010111 1110 10001110100110110 111010001110110 011111010010110 11110101101101 01100100010001000 10110111010010 001010110111 1000110010101110 10 1111110011111 111100101011000 101 110111001 101111001111101 100111110001110 1001101001101010 011111 10101000101011 111011001101011 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 169
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 172
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, he, it, in, book, i, they, my, to, you, each, other are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words the, every, you 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 it, love are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words it, love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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