This is an analysis of the poem Any Other Time that begins with:
ALL of us play our very best game—
Any other time. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAaAbbbA cAcAcccA dAdAeeeA bAbAfffAXdAdAbbbA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111011 10101 11100101 10101 10111111 11111101 111101111 10101 100101101 10101 100111111 10101 1101011111 1110111111 11111111 10101 10011101 10101 10110101 10101 10101111 111101101 11001011 10101 11100101 10101 101100101 10101 10100101 101101101 111110110 10101 101100101 10101 100011001 10101 11110011 11101111 1010011101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word time at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Any Other Time;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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