This is an analysis of the poem Part 8 Of Trout Fishing In America that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c d e f g f h i h X b i X j k l d l l h e m e e e e l m l j c l d l e j l i k l l m k b b f c l c i c c l n l j g c a X b h h d b d n X f n l X l e n e k k c e c g i X X f f i l l h e h eXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100100 01 111000100 1111101001111 01110110010111101 11010 111010101101101 1001011110101010 1001 1100111100011 11101010111010010 100110010101001001 111011 1 10101000 110010 0001110001111010111 1010011110101011 11101011010011001 1110100100011110 1011101101011100 1010 1101111110101 0100110110101 110110101010111 110101111101 01111111100111 01111001111101010 111001000110111 0110101111101 0100101100101011 10100 110100011110000 11101101011101 101011 011111011111 01101001001111 101111111000110010 0111010100010101 10110101 0110110011111 11011001 10110011 1101 11100110110110101 0100100111111010 111100111101 0010111001100010 11100010010010 11 11000100 010101 11101111010100010 01010010001000 1010111101111 1010101011101101 0110100101110100 1001100110 100111111110 11011111001110 1011001011101100 0101110010101 11111101100111 1001001111000101 100101111110010 111001010101110 100110001110101 11001111 1101001011100101 1011100100100010 101010101000111010 11110111001101 110110001100011 010101001011100 0101001011011111 011111 111100111001 101011111001011 0011110111111 11101000100111 110010101101000 11 0101111011100 1110101000010111 1011101 011010110110011 01000101010010010 110100110010100100 010101011001100 10 11101010011110 011010101100111 011010011101111 010101111 11110010011110 0110001011010010 110101101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 101
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 47
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 105
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; he, that, in, and, to, look, they, there's, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word 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 admirer, said, , the are repeated).

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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