This is an analysis of the poem Part 6 Of Trout Fishing In America that begins with:

THE HUNCHBACK TROUT
The creek was made narrow by little green trees that grew...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c d a e f g f h h g c c d i a j d d k j d a l l m X f n a i i i g a a o f e c c p o c k o a o c c l a n j a d b m X f h m m a o j c q X j a f o o p b e a X b o a q j i j a c o c X k m h i a c c i o n a q e e m l X o a o m b a c e 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,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111 0111101101111 11010011111101 1001010100101101 101110100111 01111100111110 1010111011011111 110011001010101 11110011100111 101010101111100100 01101111011010 0111011001101 1001111111001 1111101001111100 1100 11101101010011 1111011011101111 1001101110100110 010110110010 10010111110110 101111101011 0011001010111011 11 1111111111001 10010101111010 11110101001010 10001001101111 1101110111011 101011110010011 01110111111011 111110001 0101101110011011 110101101010101 1111010110101 111011011011 10100101110111 010110100111111 01010010111110101 01 01011011110110 1111010010111001 1101010101111010 1001011011010110 1011011110101 11010111110 1101110101011001 111111 0101001011 1001111 010011000101010100 101100111100101 01101110010010110 0101101110010111 110101110011100 1011 1100110011011011 1100101111010101 1011001111010111 111101011101010 1001111000111110 001101001000010001 11110101110110 1110101 1110010111001110 111011010110011 101110010011111 10110101101011 0101110110110 011101001010111 100100101011110 1010101110111 1001110101011 111010010100101 00111110111 01110101101101 1110101001001010 1011100010101 01110100101000 11101101111101 01110110110111 10001111 1101111011101 1110110110111 11 1111110100101 010101111011001 01111011 111010111011101 111001111011101 11110111011011 1010111010100011 011110101101011 101011101 11101 011101111101100 1011010110111 10111100101011 111101110010111 10001101011110 011011110111 0110101101101110 11011111010100 0110011 0110111110011 10101110111010 1110010110010110 11110011101011 1000110101110 1001 110110111110111 11011011001011 00100111010011101 010110011 1000101101011010 11101011100111 111111111010 11110100110110 1001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 119
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 51
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 118
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, in, there, it, trout, to, me, and, of, cat, they, that are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words it, a, the 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 creek, the are repeated).

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

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