This is an analysis of the poem Small Game that begins with:
In borrowed boots which don't fit
and an old olive greatcoat, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaabcbc adXdaeae fafaaaaa bgbdhaeaXbhbhfgfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111111 1111010 1101110 1110111 1011111 1110001 1101111 1010011 1111001 11000011 10110100 1101011 0111101 1010110 1010111 1111010 1101011 0111111 0100011 1110101 1101011 0001111 0101101 1011111 0110111 1111011 1101111 1111101 1111101 0111110 1101010 1110101 1111101 11011101 1111011 1111111 1111111 1010011 10100111 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Small Game;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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