This is an analysis of the poem From All Sides Of Those Common Playing Fields that begins with:

Ridiculed for saying things they meant.
Including less flattering statements, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abca dXce fcfXg Xbgagbec edXgc chXhXaecbbeXce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,8,5,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101110111 010110010 0110101010 1111010100 11110100100 110011 1111110 0010110101 1101011 11011011011 01000101 11110101010 111011001 1 010 0101010010011111 01111110111 11100101011 001111 0111010 0110001010 111100101 011110 1110100 011100001010 01010111010 1011000010011 110101001 0111011010 010101001 11 110 0111010010 0110110101 10101010100 1101011011 111 100010001 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; you, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of From All Sides Of Those Common Playing Fields;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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