This is an analysis of the poem Called Into Play that begins with:

Fall fell: so that's it for the leaf poetry:
some flurries have whitened the edges of roads...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab Xc ad de eb fX db ge XX ch Xh fX XgXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101100 110110001001 111110111 101111111100 1100101110010 10011010111 11111111 101111111 10101111011 11011110110 0111101111 1010110101 11110001101 1010100110 1010110010 100010110011 11111010011 10110011111 11101100100 1010101111 1101101110100 11011111 0101011111 1100111100 100110101111 100101001111 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; think, i, look, what, could are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Called Into Play;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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