This is an analysis of the poem Game Changing that begins with:

To take a difference and make game changing,
From a beginning where it starts to endure......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcXdeb AFAEABb AGAGAGE AFAEABebaGAde AGAGAGE AEAHAEAHCACACA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,7,13,7,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010011110 00010101001 010100111 0110011100 111101 0100101101 0010101 1101011010 1010001 110 110101010 110 10100111010 110 1010101 11110111 110 111000001 1110 100110111 1110 1011010 1010011101 110 110101010 110 10100111010 110 1010101 1111110 1110111 0011110 111000001 110 110001101 10100101 110 111000001 1110 100110111 1110 1011010 1010011101 110 10100101 1110 0110101001 110 10100101 1110 0110101001 111 010110 111 010110 111 010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • 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.

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

    The author used the same word game 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 Game Changing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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