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

Game over.
Your request for an additional overtime, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD eefde ggfXdf ABCD ded ABCDXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,6,4,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 101110100101 01 01010 101011010 11001110100001 11100 111001 0101101101 10001011 11110010 110111 1011000010 101010 101110100111 110 101110100101 01 01010 1100011010001 101010100 11110110101 110 101110100101 01 01010 11 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; your is repeated.

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

  • summary of Game Over;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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