This is an analysis of the poem Races Run And Done Just For Fun that begins with:

Winning races,
Use to mean......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXccccb dbabebbbb c efbe fgbcgf daXadb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,1,4,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 101 0101 01111 001 10101 1110001 0010100101 01 1011 01110 110111111 1111010 10010011100 100100111110001 1 11001001101 00100100101 01010001010 101000101 0101 00010 101001011010 11010101001100 1010100111110 1011010 010100 0100001001111 11010101 110101110 01010 10100 110111 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; with is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Races Run And Done Just For Fun;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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