This is an analysis of the poem The Game Of Our Hearts that begins with:

This is the game of our hearts!
Foot to the stirrup! Away!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbabcdcdAdadbebeAfafebebAgaghdhdAeaehdhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0001011 1001001 100101 110001 0011001 0111001 10100101 1100101 0001011 101001 110101 100101 1111001 00110111 10111001 111101 0001011 111001 111011 0001001 111001 111001 1011001 101101 0001011 1101101 0101001 1110111 0101001 0101001 0111001 11101001 0001011 111011 1001101 1001101 1111001 101101 10100101 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 240
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, this, where, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, this, men, and are repeated.

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

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

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