This is an analysis of the poem Bluffing Through The Process that begins with:
If you have come to play cards,
Hold them close to your chest....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXb cbcbabXdd XeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111011 101011 1101111 0101010 10101001 111111 101 0110111 010001010 101 11001 0101011 011010 10110101010 1 110111011101 1001 11101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Bluffing Through The Process;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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