This is an analysis of the poem Which Games Are Still Appropriate that begins with:
Dodge ball,
And games of tag and hide-and-seek......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXccbcdXXeXdea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 11011111 111010010 10 0110010 10101 110111011 111011 101010101 111101110 111011100110 1001 101011010 11110100 11001 10110001110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 506
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
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; and is repeated.
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- summary of Which Games Are Still Appropriate;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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