This is an analysis of the poem Stage Love that begins with:

WHEN the game began between them for a jest,
He played king and she played queen to match the best;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aabb ccdd eebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010101 11111110101 101111111010 1011110110010 10011111111 10111010101 101111011100 111110101010 11101010111 11110011111 111010111010 111100111010 10011111011 11111111101 101110111110 101111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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