This is an analysis of the poem The Play that begins with:
I am the only actor.
It is difficult for one woman...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXdefdXgfd gdeXheXdXXe ehdedXaecc Xb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,11,10,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 001001110 011011 01011 1111 1101001 110101 011101 1011 1111011010 10011 110100 1001110 01010101 111010 1111000 110111 1111001 1111010111 1111001 1111010 1111 101101 0111110011 0001100001 110101100 0101 0100101 0101010 101101010 11111011 01110001 1101 0100010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, or, the are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase running connects the lines.
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- summary of The Play;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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