This is an analysis of the poem Theatre Of Sidon (400 B.C.) that begins with:

Son of an honorable citizen—most important of all, a good-looking
young man of the theatre, amiable in many ways....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110001001010010010 110010010000101 1011100101001 1111011010001 11111001100110 10111001101001010010 0111010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 390
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Theatre Of Sidon (400 B.C.);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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