This is an analysis of the poem The Play that begins with:
Wot's in a name? -- she sez . . . An' then she sighs,
An' clasps 'er little 'ands, an' rolls 'er eyes. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXX ccddce XXaaXX ceddfX Xghhii ceXdjj aajjjX hhkkfec llXXff cXhhdd dddXll XXccdd fXXcXj ddcckk XmgXXd cckkhX XXXcbb mmXXdd XXXfaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1001111111 1111011111 11011110101 1101 11001110111 1111111100 0111110101 0111011111 0101110101 0111 0101011001 0101011101 1001011111 1111110100 1111011101 1111 1101110101 1101011111 10010111101 1001101101 1101001101 1111 0101111111 1101111110 0101011101 1101011101 0111101101 0101 01111101001 1111110101 0101110101 0111111101 1101111100 1101 1111110111 1011110111 1001100111 1101010111 1101010111 1101 1111011111 0101110101 1111111101 0100110101 1111010101 1101 0101 100101 1111110011 1101111101 1111111111 1011010100 1101 1111111101 1111111101 1111111111 01010111011 1101110101 1111 1111110101 1101111111 1111010101 0101011101 1101011101 11110 11001111101 1111111111 1111110110 1101010101 1111110111 0101 1111111101 1101110101 1111100101 1111111100 1111011100 1101 1101111100 1111010111 0111010001 1011010111 1101011111 1111 1100110001 1111110011 1101011111 1111111101 1101010111 11100 1001111001 11011011101 1101101101 0111011101 1101011111 1101 1111011101 11011111111 10110100111 1111111111 1111010111 0111 1111111011 1111111011 1111011101 10101111111 1011010111 1001 1101110101 1101011111 1101111111 1101011111 110111101100 1101 1111011111 1011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 115
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; an', she, i, they, in, ', sez, 'er are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, an' are repeated.
The author used the same words wot's, then 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 do is repeated).
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- summary of The Play;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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