This is an analysis of the poem A Noticeably Aging School Yard Game that begins with:

There comes a time in one's life,
No matter how they were raised......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabXX baXbcb abaaba ccbdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 1101101 1110100111010 10101111111 010100010111 100110100010101 1010111001 110100110 100111111 01101000110 00101101110 11101000010110010 10111011 101001000110 101010101 1110000110011100 11000010001111 0101000110111 0110101 1010101 011010 0101 100010 0001000101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, it are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Noticeably Aging School Yard Game;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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