This is an analysis of the poem Poker, Push And Prosperity that begins with:

So talk as you will of the Poker game
It built up this country just the same ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd cc ee dd f f XX cc gg hh ff ii XX hh jj j j ee X aa f f f f kk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111000101 011010101 1011100111 1010110101 0100111111 1010011101 0100111001 1111110101 0100101111 1010101111 1001111001 0100100111 1001101001 1111110101 101100101 1010110101 111111111011 11101101 0101000101 0110011001 100111001 1011011001 1001011001 1011001001 1001101011 1101011001 1001011011 1001011001 1001110010 1001110010 0100101001 1100100101 1001011011 1100101001 1001101001 111111111101 10001110011 111111100101 11111100110 1 1100100101 1001001101 1101111100 1101010101 101001111111 1111101011 11001001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 68
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, 'em, to, when, and, taught, or, 'd are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

    The author used the same words it, many at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Poker, Push And Prosperity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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