This is an analysis of the poem Thrown Interceptions that begins with:

Your thrown interceptions,
Meant for me to get......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcd AcXc Eada Efdf Adcb GBXdHIXGBbdHI
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 11101 110011 11111010 111010 11101 1011101 01011101 11111 111101 11111011 11110101 11111 11110111 1111001 1111010101 111010 1111010 111011101 010111111 1101 11 010 1 1011 110111 1101 11 0101 1 1011 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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 author used the same words your, when, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word leave at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Thrown Interceptions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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