This is an analysis of the poem The Night Game that begins with:

Some of us believe
We would have conceived romantic...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcdad cbXe efffae bf cbdbfd eee gdc behXXi jjif Xibj gjeg ajkg cgXgkXbXfjhgfghkg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,6,2,6,3,3,6,4,4,4,4,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 11101010 1101110 01100 0111100 11010100110 101011010 11100 0010011 1001011 100110 1111100010 10110 00111 10111 101010 01010 1001011011 1110110 01010 10110010 1011101010 0110010 0010110 011110 01101010 001011 10101 10010 11110010 0101 110111 001111 00100101 1101000 10001 111001 11010101 111111 10111111 010111010 010010 100111 0011110 1001 1001010 01010001 1001000101 1110110 1011000101 1101 11110100 101010 1010001 10110 0111100 10010 001100 00100 1001101 0100 10001 0101 1010110 10110 1101010 1000111 11111 101011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Night Game;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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