This is an analysis of the poem From The Theatre Of Illusion that begins with:
Act 2, Scene 2
Clindor, a young picaresque hero, has been living by his wits in Paris, but has now drifted to Bordeaux, to become the valet of a...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa Xbbcc Xbbd Xdee Xffbbgghhiijjcckkiihhhh Xkkcc Xllkahhdmffiimmn Xn XoopaiXnnaamm Xc Xcm Xbbcc Xqqffmmdmaaff Xi Xiiidd Xrrcc Xmmii Xn XnbbbbnXiidddmak Xk Xk Xe XXhbb Xl Xl Xp Xpccf Xf Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,4,4,23,5,16,2,13,2,3,5,13,2,6,5,5,2,16,2,2,2,5,2,2,2,5,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111 1001100101010101010111100010010010010101100101001101011001000100100001001011101001001100100100 10 1111001101 01111111001 1111011111 1111110111 100 0101011101 1011110101 010100101010 10 11010111010 11011011110 11010110010 100 1011010111 1001011101 0110111111 1101000101 1101110101 10010010011 0101010001 1101011011 10110110100 1111010100 1111111101 1111010101 11010101011 01011111011 1101001101 1011100111 110101100101 0111010101 0111010011 1111010101 1101110111 0111010111 10 1111010111 11101110101 1101010101 1100010101 100 11011111101 0111010111 0101110101 100100100010 0111010001 1101011101 1101110100 1101111101 010010111001 11001110001 01010010101 1011011111 11000111011 11010010011 11110001010 10 11011111010 100 11111101011 0111110001 11110001001 1100110100 1011110101 1101110000 1110011101 1100011101 11010101010 10010101010 10110101111 0101011100 10 1111010111 100 11110010011 111101 10 0111 1101110111 1101110011 1101010101 100 1001110100 1001010111 1111100101 1101001100 1111000101 0111000111 0111110100 1111010110 110101010010 01100101010 1101011101 0111011111 10 1101010101 100 01110100101 11110111010 11110101010 11111101010 101010111010 10 11001011101 11010111101 11110110010 1101110011 100 1111111101 110101011 11010010001 1101010100 10 1111010011 100 1111010101 11001010101 0101110001 1101101101 1111101111 11110101010 11110101100 010101011110 11111111110 11011001010 010011101010 0101110100 1111011101 11010111010 10110001101 10 1101011101 100 111010111 10 11110 100 100101 1111110111 0111010101 1001110101 10 1101011101 100 11010010101 10 10010101001 100 11110111101 1101001111 1101110111 0111110111 10 11011100101 1010010
- Amount of stanzas: 29
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 186
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you, i, in, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, two, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, me are repeated).
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- summary of From The Theatre Of Illusion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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