This is an analysis of the poem The Dramatists that begins with:
A string of shiny days we had,
A spotless sky, a yellow sun;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dadX efef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 01010101 11011111 111111 11110111 111011001 1010111111 10111110 11010111 11010111 110110101 1100110 11010111 01000101 11010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Dramatists;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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