This is an analysis of the poem Part 9 Of Trout Fishing In America that begins with:

SANDBOX MINUS JOHN
DILLINGER EQUALS WHAT?...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c d e f g f b h i g j d c a g g k k b f b a l X i d k b a l a b g f a m d b e c b f a b b k X n h i g l n m a k l j m X h l X X l b e a l X 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,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 100101 1010100100110001001 1010111101010 10001001010100111 11010101011010 10 01010111101110 1101011010111 101011101001001 0101111101101 110101001 11010100111111101 110111010101010 100111010101111 11010110110110101 1011110001101001 10001100111001010 01010011111011 101011100101011 1101101011010 1111100100011100 1 0111110010111 10011011001111 0110011 01011110101111 1110011101110 1010011 11101100101 010111010100010 111011010011101 011010110111101 10101 1011001000111 1010010010111100 101111011101100 101110010101100 1010 0100001010010101 110110101111 1100111010101 110101111110 101100100101100 100110110110101 10101011 0111011110111 111001011110111 10010111010 0111101011111 0110101001010010 100101110110111 110111 0101110010011111 1111110101001111 101111111101110 111011100110111 1010110110010011 010001110100101 11010001 11011100011110 1011101111101101 10011001 110010110111001 11010101011110 111101101010000 0101111011111 011111111011 11010101010011 10110110 1101111011110 10101111100110 0101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 74
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 51
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • 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; he, and, red, tree, it, sprayed, against, sun, shade are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word sprayed 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 dress is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word dress 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 sandbox connects the lines.

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