This is an analysis of the poem Efforts Of The Underdog that begins with:

The only game I am here to play,
Is......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbX CbX AD XcXee AbX CbX AD XXXXfaXfXX AbX CbX ADX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,2,5,3,3,2,10,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111101 0 10111110 0101011010001 0 10110001100 11 0101000101 101101 011111 10110010 00101 010001 010111101 0 10111110 0101011010001 0 10110001100 11 0101000101 1 11 1101 1001111 01111 11101 1001 0111 01111 101 010111101 0 10111110 0101011010001 0 10110001100 11 0101000101 101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Efforts Of The Underdog;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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