This is an analysis of the poem Played On that begins with:
People of a certain mentality,
Have a commonness with each other......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC def XgbgdegX ABC cfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,8,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000100100 101000110 1111 0110111001 110 1010101 111001101 1101101 1101010 1010111 1100010110001 11101000101 01110101 10011 1000100100 101000110 1111 101 111111110 101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; they is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
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- summary of Played On;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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