This is an analysis of the poem The Golden Game that begins with:
If ever there was a Golden Game
To brace the nerves, to cure repining,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcded fXfXedcd ghghfdcd ggggcdXd fXfbfded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110101 010101100 01010111 010101010 10010101 100101010 111001001 101101110 010110111 010111010 11011101 010101010 10010101 100111010 111001001 1001001110 010111101 010111110 11010101 110111010 10011101 11111010 101101011 1001001110 110010101 110001010 11110101 111101010 10011110 110101010 11111110 1101001110 110010101 011101010 01011101 1001110010 10011101 101001110 11111111 1001001110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, gentlemen are repeated.
The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word weather at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Golden Game;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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