This is an analysis of the poem You Are Such An Actor that begins with:
You have been a highly acclaimed person,
For a number of years....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccde fX gc XehbiffX i X Xd hjekkX g djaX a biaXX hh hX jde X X dhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,2,8,1,1,2,6,1,4,1,5,2,2,3,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100100110 101000 111110100110111 101101111 1111011 010100 11110 1111101 01101110 1100101 1100101101001 010110 000 0111010110 00101101010 01010101010 1111110110 1110101001 11 11011 011111001 111 1010 01001111 0111011110 1010101011011 01100110 11001001101111100 111110 111110101 11011100111101 01101110010 1111010110101001 11111 101010110010 110100010 011110110111 0110101110 11010111001001 110111 11110011011001 10100101 11 01 10100111 1 1100101010 111101 11 1111101110 1110110111111
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, it, of are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase that connects the lines.
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- summary of You Are Such An Actor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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