This is an analysis of the poem October 16 that begins with:
What can you say about the Mets
down three games to none...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaXXcaXXXXddXbXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 11101 11101101 01010110101 1110101 11001001 101000100110 11011101 111111101 1011101 101001001101 11010001 01010101 101001110 1010111000100 01001011001101010 100100101 011010011 01110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 660
- Average number of words per stanza: 123
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, on are repeated.
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- summary of October 16;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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