This is an analysis of The Fisherman by Lady Jane Wilde.
The water rushes—the water foams
A fisherman sat on the bank,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AbcbAdad efgfhgag hiXigjaj AfafXeccc
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,9,
- Metre: 010100101 01011101 110110101 10100111 010100101 0111010 1010011101 01001010 11011101 1100111 0110111001 01110100 11111101 1110111 11011101001 11011001 11110111 011011 1011110101 00101101 1010100101 00100101 1111110101 01101101 010100101 011101 010101101 1011111 11011101 10100111 11111110 110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
our, she, him
Anaphora
the
