This is an analysis of the poem It Is A Quicker Game that begins with:

I'm sorry.
But I've grown tired of playing, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXa XbaXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 11110010 11010101001 111 1011011 000101 110110 11011100101 111001101 10100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of It Is A Quicker Game;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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