This is an analysis of the poem Grand Rapids Cricket Club that begins with:

In Grand Rapids is a handsome club,
Of men that cricket play,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacbdb cedeXcec acXcfgeg fafaaheh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011000101 011101 11010101 111101 110100001 111111 11010101 00111001 11010101 1001101 11110111 010101 110100101 01010101 111011011 111101 11010111 010011 11000101 111101 011001001 110101 11100101 010111 00101101 010111 11111111 110101 11011101 010101 11010101 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; they is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Grand Rapids Cricket Club;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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