This is an analysis of the poem Who's For The Game? that begins with:

Who’s for the game, the biggest that’s played,
The red crashing game of a fight? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacadedeXbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101011 01101001 1111001101 11111011 1101101001 1101001 1101001001 11101001 1101001111 11001001 1111011001 111101001 1011 111111 1101011001 11001001001 111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 653
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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