This is an analysis of the poem Once We Played that begins with:
ONCE we played at love together--
Played it smartly, if you please; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd bbbb ceXe afaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010 1010011 10101010 0110101 10101010 0010001 01101010 1110111 00111010 1011101 11101010 0111011 11111010 0010001 10111100 1111101 11101010 0111101 11101010 1110001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Once We Played;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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