This is an analysis of the poem On The Life And Death Of Man that begins with:

The world's a theatre. The earth, a stage
Placed in the midst: where both prince and page,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXXccddXbeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101000101 100111111 1111111111 1111011100 1101001101 0111111101 01010000101 0101110101 1101011111 0011100100 1111111110 10110001001 1111111101 1101010101 11011101001 11010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 736
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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