This is an analysis of the poem The Purse-Seine that begins with:

Our sardine fishermen work at night in the dark
of the moon; daylight or moonlight...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabcdXaefgbahag ihchbXjakdlmam laaiheihkhaamXghajmffibXdiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,14,27,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100111001 00111111 111110101 010010101000 101 1110010110 101111111 101 011101110110 110111011 1011 10110101100 1011110101 11010 11010001101 10100 11011 11000101010100 110101 11111101011 001001101000 1000 100010111001010 100110110 0101101101111 0100 1110001111011 0110001011 01 101001 101110001101 101100101010001 11111010101 10001001110111 100010011010100 11111001111010 000101011101101 101011110110100100 010101010 00111100011011 01001001101 01010110101101 110100010001010 0110111011011 1110 1101110010011 1011010101100 111110110111100 01010 11111 111011010110101 01010111011 00100010110010100 1011010111 11 101101010101111 1100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 894
  • Average number of words per stanza: 142
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, in are repeated.

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  • summary of The Purse-Seine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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