This is an analysis of the poem Lusus Politicus that begins with:
Come in, old gentleman. How do you do?
Delighted, I'm sure, that you've called.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaabcddbdeedXfddfgfbbhhfXbccXgbaafbfbiaiaiijjiiff fifXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011001111 01001111 00100100111 1010010101 0011001 1111001001 11111001 00100101 1111110101 111111 1010110101 11101 1010010111 11111101001 1100111 11001011001 11111000101 0101 01011111 111100101 00111111 0101011 01010 111010 001001001 1100111101 1101 1100111001 110010101 10111010010 111001111 11111101 01001 11011 101011 110101 111001 0101111 1011100111 0101101 0010110101 1010101 11011100011 111110101 0100111 1 1111010 101001010 1110100101 1010111 1101100101 1100101 101011101 111011000010 0110111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 903
- Average number of words per stanza: 177
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hat, of, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Lusus Politicus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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