Analysis of A Game Of Chess
pieces of stone molded to artistic pawns,
royal knights maneuvering handsomely on the board,
sturdy rooks marching straight with dexterous ease,
hunchbacked bishops gliding through diagonal streets,
haughty queen parading on all quarters of the board,
the resolute king taking a step at a time,
minuscule pawns were killed in initial encounter,
infinite permutations kept going on,
the well spun chess cloth shone in yellow bulb light,
automatic clocks ticked with player moves,
giant screen flashed moves to millions of people,
the indoor auditorium brimmed to capacity,
crowd mass took bated breaths, stayed glued to their seats,
the battle on board grew tense,
as the day was divested of passing hours,
his tapered fingers eventually slammed a piece down,
chorused smiles reflected on thousands seated,
as well as the ones witnessing it on silver screen,
the winner proudly shook hands with the ruling
president,
flung the trophy high towards kingdom of the Creator,
grimaced his teeth in exuberance,
to announce his victory in the world of chess,
crowning him as the reigning world chess champion
Scheme | ABCDBEFGHIJKDLMNOPQRFSTU |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111010101 1010100100101 101101111 11010101001 1010101110101 01011001101 101010010010 1000101101 01111101011 010111101 10111110110 010100110100 11110111111 0101111 101101011010 11010010001011 1101011010 1110110011101 01010111010 10 10101011010010 101100100 101110000111 101101011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,099 |
Words | 175 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 903 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 175 |
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