This is an analysis of the poem Aren'T They Playing On The Same Team? that begins with:
Why is he apologizing for being an achiever?
Why has he placed himself in that position? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX cccbXX cXd XccXccdX X caX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,3,8,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101101010 11110101010 0111111010 101 1111010 0110 11010101 001000111 1110001 0111 1 101101011 11011 1 11011010010 1001001010010101 11 11 111101010 1010100100100 1111010100 10110111 1101011 110110101110 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; he, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word why is repeated.
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