This is an analysis of the poem Private Theatricals that begins with:
A quite convincing axiom
Is, 'Life is like a play';... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabbbb cdcdccc efefccc fgfgbbX XXXbhhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010100 010101 11010101 111001 1111 0101 11010101 11110100 010101 11010101 110001 1101 0101 11110101 11111101 010101 110010001 110100 0101 0101 1101001001 11010101 0111010 01010101 010101 1111 101001 110101000 1001010 110101 11101010 00101001 1111 01011 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 36
- 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; i, her, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is 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 Private Theatricals;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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