This is an analysis of the poem The End Of The Play that begins with:
The play is done; the curtain drops,
Slow falling to the prompter's bell:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efef adaX egeghhhh ieiXjdjd bkbkbhbh hihi lblb kkkkbaba amamklkl bkbkeheh nenemhmhXjmjmjbjb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,8,8,8,4,4,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 11000101 01010101 11010111 00110111 11111101 11110101 01110111 11110101 11000101 11010111 11010101 11111111 11111111 01010101 01010110 11110101 11000101 01010101 11010011 11110111 11111101 11110001 110111001 11110111 11111111 01011101 11110100 10010101 11110111 110110111 11010101 10011001 11111111 01001001 01111001 01110011 01100101 01010101 01110001 110010001 1011111 111101011 01010101 110101101 11010101 11010101 11011001 01010111 11101111 01010111 11010101 11010101 01010100 11001111 010101101 11110101 11110101 111100101 11010101 01110101 11011101 11010101 110000101 11111011 11110111 11010100 11001101 11011101 11110111 10111011 01110100 01001111 11001101 01010111 01010101 01010101 01010101 100101101 11110101 11100101 11010101 11111111 11010101 11010101 00011101 01110111 010100
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 89
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, that, to, you, or, it, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words your, the, that, and, as, be are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase pray connects the lines.
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- summary of The End Of The Play;
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