This is an analysis of the poem Where Children Play that begins with:

On every street there's a certain place
Where the children gather to romp and race;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbbccdd eeaaddcc ccffaAdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1100110101 1010100111 1010111101 011110111 11100101101 11101110101 1111100111 1010110101 10100101 110101101 111011001 110100101 111101111 1101100111 1101101101 1110110101 1111100101 0010111101 1110111101 0100111111 111001101001 1010100111 10101110101 100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; to, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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