This is an analysis of the poem Play It Safe that begins with:
Play it safe.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbccXA AdcXcd AcXXcA dcbXccA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 0111111010 111111101 00111010001 1001101011 101 101 1011010 1101 1110111001 0101011001001 1011001010 101 01010100101 01010 01101111 1010011 101 0110100101 11010100101 10101 001001 10 01110101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 25
- 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, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word play is repeated.
The author used the same word play at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines safe is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word safe at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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