This is an analysis of the poem Playing With Fire that begins with:

something is always burning, passion,
pride, envy, desire, the internal organs ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdXe cfdgbaf agXfegX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111010 110010001010 1010010111 1110100101 111101011 101001110 1010011010 1111110101 11011101 10101110 110111 1110101100 1010100111010 1011111101 100110111 110110101 101001010001 1010001101 10010001010 10100011 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Playing With Fire;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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