This is an analysis of the poem Children's Games that begins with:
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This is a schoolyard...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbc Xda efg Xfc fha ife fjX X ekk XXc gji gge bkg fgi cgb X ecl dga blX cbX fkX dik dhd Xbk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 00011 10 010 01101010 1011 01001 111 110 11 1100101 101 010 1010110 1001 1 01100 100 1111 100 00 11010 1 101 101101 011111 110 010010 10101101 001 010101 101100 101 111101 110101 10111 1010 010111 101010 110111 10110 010 101 1101010 1 01001 010 1 0101010100 11 1100 1 101 1101 0101 11 0110 010 1 01 110 0100 101 0 10101 1001 10100 010 0
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 44
- Average number of words per stanza: 8
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Children's Games;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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