This is an analysis of the poem Sing Ho For The Herring that begins with:

Along the sea shore, surf-beaten and brown,
The Fisher-Lass hastes to the Fishing-Town,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcCc ddeecCc X ffggcCc eXbbcCc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,1,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101111011 01011000101 010111001 0110101001 11001110 11111010 010010010 0101101011 1010110101 111111101011 111111101010 11001010 11111010 01010010 11 0101111001 011010111 101101001001 10111111011 11001010 11111010 010010110 01011001001 00110101101 0100111001 1111100111 111100010 11111010 011011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word along 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 herring is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word herring at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Sing Ho For The Herring;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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