This is an analysis of the poem The Fisherman that begins with:
ALTHOUGH I can see him still.
The freckled man who goes... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdXdXefeXghghbcbcdcdcdidiejejfcfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 010111 0011101 0110001 110101 011101 011001 011101 1111001 111110 011111 100100 0101111 011111 0101001 01001000 111101 1110101 0101101 1101001 010111 011001 0101001 111101 1001001 100101 0100100 010001 101101 1110001 101001 1101101 1011001 1011001 0111101 0110101 1110111 1111011 101011 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1060
- Average number of words per stanza: 216
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, a are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Fisherman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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