This is an analysis of the poem To Agitate A Childish Game that begins with:
Sometimes I am tempted,
To agitate a childish game......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACD ECBCC ABACD DFGHA ddid DFGHA ABACD ECBCC fijddeXf XXjd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,4,5,5,5,8,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011110 01010101 1101 1011101 01010111 11111 1111010 1111011100 01101001111 1111111001010 011110 01010101 1101 1011101 01010111 1101110 101100101 010010011111 0010110 100110011 10111010 11011010 1111010010100 1101000011001001 1101110 101100101 010010011111 0010110 100110011 011110 01010101 1101 1011101 01010111 11111 1111010 1111011100 01101001111 1111111001010 111110100 111011100 111111 1001010110 00101100 1111 10010 0001010111 111111 10 1010011 1010011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, to, thank, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word more is repeated.
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- summary of To Agitate A Childish Game;
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- idea of the verse;
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