This is an analysis of the poem Running Game that begins with:
Running game.
As if this lame routine...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXXXbXXXXbXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 101 100101 00111 1100 01110010 010111 110000100100 0110001 010111 1001000010 00100100 1110100 1010001011 0101010 11101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 414
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 15
- 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of Running Game;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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