This is an analysis of the poem The Football Match that begins with:

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O wild kaleidoscopic panorama of jaculatory arms and legs....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXcbXdXaX XaeecbcfX dbXcXXgXhfX hXgfXciia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,9,11,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11100001010010000111 0101010101010 100101001001 010010100101011000 010001110101100 00100110010100010011 010110000101100110100100 1111110111010101 0101001010100 1010111011010111 1 1011011100110101011110 01010110111001111 110111010011010 11111101001011001010 01101010101001111 1101110110100001011 100101001100101100101001 111111010111 1 100010010010011011 101111010000010 1111111 11111010101010 111100100001010001 0011010100110001101111 1111000 1100010100010100101000 110011100000100010 11110001 1 10101010011010010 111111011 11011011101 1110101111111000111 1101100111111111101 111010 111011011011 111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, you, these, rah, kick are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, rah are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines draw is repeated).

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  • summary of The Football Match;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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