This is an analysis of the poem The Crowd At The Ball Game that begins with:

The crowd at the ball game
is moved uniformly ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab Xa cd ed bc fc dg fd bg eg gh XX Xi ab ii di hcXbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011 011010 101001000 1010 1001001 001 1001010 01010 1011110 0010 1001101 1100 10 00101 010101 0001100 0110 011 0101100 1010 011010 0101010 00010100 1010 001001 11 11100 10 00 0100110 001000010 010 1001010 001 10001000 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 40
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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