This is an analysis of the poem Otho The Great - Act Ii that begins with:

SCENE I.
An Ante-chamber in the Castle.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXccdefebfgahgidijadkgeijedelgmhndeebgmimgohpXdeegjkmXddjihjjedejgqjqmmpjlkrhjpecfbmXnXiebfchamstedhfhjusjpdaXXmieaXjimXaXffhadrsbdlaidbohmbiedjgfejfXgmkpedemmhedaphajiddvpeedbddjgXuviudXhmuhdorgdjrfaeXhjddaehehfkemifaefsefbmenjkheqjekjmdrhebfkeeeikjkpme
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 365,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11 110100010 10101100 101110011100 1101010101 1101110011 11010011101 1001111 10011101 100101110010 1111110101 0111010111 10011110001 0010011101 001100101 11010 10011111 110110111010 1001011101 1111010101 1001001101 0101111 101000101 10111 101100010100 1010111101 10011010001 11110110111 10 10010001011101 1010101011010 10101010 1010100010001 1111110001 11110001001 1101010001 01110 1010101 1011010001 1011010101 11010100110 1111110111 0100010101 10110111111 11111010111 1111111101 1101111000 1011110101 101101111101 0101111111 1111110101 1101110011 111111101 11110010011 111111001011 111101 101101 1111011101 0111010110 1111011111 1111011111 1101111011 010010100110 1011101101 1101110111 0111011101 01010010101 1011001000111 1010 1101010011 11111110101 100101001101 1101110001 1010110 100111010101 01001011111 1101011100 1011010101 1111011101 1011010001 0101011101 1101110111 0101010101 1111000101 1111110011 1011010100 1111011101 10101100 1001110101010 1111100011 1111010101 1011011011111 1010111101110 1101110101 1101011011 1011010111 1111010001 101111 100100100 1111110101 0101001101 1111010111 101111010101 0101110111 11001110111 1011011111 1001 1011110111 1101011101 1001010111 1011 10101110 100101 10011100 1000011 101111111101 100111110101 101011110111 1011110110010 101111101 1111010110 1111001101 1011010 10111 1011110101 101101 10110101 101111110100 0101000100 1111000111 1101101100 1111010111 0111010111 101101010101 1011100101010 101111111101 11 1011111101 1101010101 1101 10101010 11011111010 01011100101 0101010011 101101110110 101111010101 1111010101 1101010101 0111111011 1111110011 1110111010 110100101 1010001 101101 10101101 1100110111 1101101101 0111010011 10110101010 0100110101 101101111101 1011010100111 01101011101 1111111101 0101001111 111101101 1101111111 1111101111 110100 101010 0110111101 1101000100 0101011101 0111010101 101101 10110011 1111010111 0111000101 010011 11101 10110010101 010001010110 1101001010001001 100100 01001111110100 0101001001 1111110100 11101010 1011001011 11010101001 1001 101010010 101100111101 0111111111 1100010100 1101111111 1100100011 1101010001 11010111110 01001011010101 101010110110 1111001101 110010010 0100111 01001110111 0111110111 0101001101 01110101 101010 0101111010001 11010010111 111101101 1100010101 11111101 1010 1001 10010011100 00010111111 0110110111 1101010111 1101110111 01110010111 11010 010010011 10111 01001011101 0101111111 1100010101 0111011101 101101011101 0111110 0100101 1101111011 111010001 0111111100 101011010111 01000111010101 10001010101 10010111001 1111111100 1010010101 0001010111 101101000100 1101001101 011 010010010111 01011111110 1001110110 11010 10101011001011 111011001010100101 100111010100101100 10111110101001 111111011110 1100110101001111 0101101111 1000110010101 100110110 111011 01001100010111 1101010101 1011110101 10100100 101010101 101010111 010011111011101 101111010100 010011101001010 1101011100 1001110100 10110111001 1101110101 10111 0100101101010 0100010 10111 1111101 1001110101 010101 1010 01001101 101101110101 1101011101 01100110010 1101101101 1011101101 1111010111 1111010011 0101010 01001111 0111010101 100011101101 01001011010001 010011101001 10010111111 100100011100 111011111 010011110 10111111 11000111101 1101100 01000111 1101 10011111 0111010101 1001110111 0101011101 1111100110 1100110100 0110111101 1111110101 01110 010011111 100001110101 1011110111 10111110011 0111010011 1111111011 01110101001 1111110101 101110101000 10110 10100 01001011101 0101010111 111111101 1001001110111 1101110101 1111010111 1111111101 1101111101 1111011111 0101001101 1111000111 001001110101 0111010011 101111110110 1001111001100 0100010001 1011010001 0011101011 1001010011 1101010101 0101010100 1101010101 101101010100 1101010111 010011110 10010111 1011011111 01001101011100 101111 1101010100 01111111 010011 1101101 110100 1111011101 1001101111 0100011 100110100101 101 1111110011 1011011100 110101001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 14524
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2659
  • Amount of lines: 365
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; to, i, and, same, your, or, of, not, ludolph, no, you, where, proof, for, read, erminia, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, ludolph, erminia are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines yet, it are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases erminia, captain, albert connect the lines.

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