This is an analysis of the poem What A Carefree Game He Plays! that begins with:

He said, 'Let there be,' and it happened.
He made the latent turn into the manifest,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaD befgD ahXcD eiegD XbidDXafahD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111010 110101000101 10010101001 1010111 1011111 110101010 1100101001 1111101 01101101 1011111 11111011 11001011 11010110 10101000101 1011111 10101001111 101110001 11100101001 101011000010 1011111 1010110001101 101011001101 0111010101 11010111 1011111 0101010100010 11011011101 10100001000010 1110110101 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; he, himself are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word plays at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of What A Carefree Game He Plays!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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