This is an analysis of the poem Left To Play The Blame Game that begins with:

Conditioned to discredit their own kind.
In neighborhoods......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdbb XXXedcbdd XdXeXb bXabdXa aabbbX X Xaeaae bXXaXaaedae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,6,7,6,1,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100010111 0101 1111 11111010 101110100 110101 11110111 01000 110010 011010011 10101001 01001001 000101010101010 1101001100100 1010 1101101 011101 110101101 101011 010010101101 101011 011101 1010 110001 0010101 111001001 01010 0101 101001 101111101 11011101 0100101 1100111001 101011 1101010 1111101 011010 11101 0101001011010 111101101010 10111101 0110010 10111011001 0101010 010101010 10100100011 1000101 100101 1101011 0010101 101001 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; have, to are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Left To Play The Blame Game;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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