This is an analysis of the poem The Fish that begins with:
In a cool curving world he lies
And ripples with dark ecstasies. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbccaaccddeeccffaaggddXXXaaaaahhggX ggaaiiffbbXXgg jjaakkiiffkk llXXffaaffggcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,14,12,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00110111 11001100 010100111 11010101 11100101 100100101 110110111 01110001 11010111 010100111 110010111 01001101 110011110 111111010 10111101 010100101 10110101 10110111 110111010 101101110 11011111 11111101 11011101 11001101 101000100 0100101 01110110 11011101 110101010 110001010 11001101 11110101 001100101 100010101 10010101 010011101 10110 111 10010101 01110111 010010101 110011010 010001010 10011001 011010101 100110111 010001100 01011111 11001100 110101010 101101010 110111010 110111110 01001101 11010111 100100101 11010101 010101010 0100101010 11010101 010101101 001010101 11010101 11010111 10011111 101011100 110011000 11000101 110010111 010100100 010011100 010010001 10111001 01010101 10110101 01010111 10111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 700
- Average number of words per stanza: 120
- Amount of lines: 77
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, or, in, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, the, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Fish;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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