This is an analysis of the poem The Game Of Chess that begins with:
Red knights, brown bishops, bright queens,
Striking the board, falling in strong ‘L's of...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaXcXXdad XXdXXbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011 1001100110 10 10110010 1010110 0100101 11011001 111101010 1001001 1001001 10011 1110100 1100011100 10 110011101 10 11100010100 10
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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- summary of The Game Of Chess;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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