This is an analysis of the poem Dribbling Balls Being Playfully Tossed that begins with:

For decades they've kept the same charade.
To stand on urban corners......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCA bdee fabb fgbafa ABCA fabdahXhddbafg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,4,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110101 0111010 1001 0110010110 11011110101 110011011 110100111101 10111101 1101010100 01011 111010 1100110 001001 01000110100101 100100011 10010 1001111 01010 101110101 0111010 1001 0110010110 10010011010 1110100101 0100110 10101 10010100100 001010100 110100101010 11010001 010011010 100101101010 1111101 10101001 01001101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Dribbling Balls Being Playfully Tossed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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