This is an analysis of the poem Not Often A Gambler that begins with:
Being taught to be thoughtful,
With a respect given to anyone......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXcd efgf cdbhhd Xc XdiXX fg X ffXe X aiXgecbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,6,2,5,2,1,4,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010010 0001100100 10111 01111 100100111 0110100101 1100110101 110110101 101101 00100101 101000011011 1101101 0010001 1110101011001 1011001100 10001001101 010011100 0100011010 11110 11010101111 110 110101110 11010010011 10100011 1 101010011 100 1010101 1010111 001001001111 1101011 11 11110010 11100010 11110100 111101 111101 01111 0010001010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, and are repeated.
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- summary of Not Often A Gambler;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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