This is an analysis of the poem Thespis: Act I that begins with:

DRAMATIS PERSONAE
GODS... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b XXXXa X XXXXXcXXaXde fgcfehijkl bbbb ccmm annic hop X q rq noh ini osfreimm rfer i nl i i acb m ntfsne k oc c ddsXc t Xsdeftfo b hf uiuicicirXXa bsbshbhXN jrjrkikiN r X amrb nv roht naXvli b q q bbhi t v e hvi brh rh m mmh eeedmmmd oioi eheh ebc c c
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,5,1,12,10,4,4,5,3,1,1,2,3,3,8,4,1,2,1,1,3,1,6,1,2,1,5,1,8,1,2,12,9,9,1,1,4,2,4,6,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,3,3,2,1,3,8,4,4,3,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,3,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,2,14,14,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,5,4,10,4,4,4,4,1,1,3,1,1,1,4,4,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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111010101 0101010 01010101 0101010 0111 1101 0101 0101 1111010 1111 1101 1101 110101 1101110 111010101 1101010 11111111 0101010 1101 1111 1101 1101 1101010 0111 1101 0100 0101 0101010 11010111101010111 10 110 1100 1101101000 11000110101011101 11111111 11111110110110 1110111010101101 111111101 1110110 11100 111 10111010 111101001111011 111111101001010 010101110110101 110111111100111 10001110010110101 111110100101010010 010011111001001101 110 10111011101010 10001001010110100 1010010101111101 10 10110101010 10100110 10101110 10101010 1000101 10111010 100100010 10111010 10101110 1010111 1110111010 10101010 1010110 1010111 101100101010 00101010 1010101 1010111 111010111 1100101 1111101 0011111 111100001 1010101 1011101 1110011 1101110100 1010110101010101 11111011101001 10111010110100010 11011 11010011011110 101010001101 1111111011110 10001001010101101 0111100101000100 10110011110101101 1 101001101101001011 10111111100011110 1101011010111110 11010 11111010010101010 1 1111110101010 1010110101 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11000101100110100 1010001011011010 101 111010010 1111111 1111011010010010 11111111111 111010010 101010 1111111 111100011101101011 11110 11101010111110101 11111011111100 101111000101011 1001001010110010 101001011101010 101111111011100 010111111 111100010010001000 111000110 111100010011101100 010100111111 11110111001110100 1010111101111 1111000100100 1010111110101010 1110101010110001 11001001111010 1010 11010 11111111001111 11010100011111110 111 100111 11111101 110101000101101 111011000100101 1011111111 11010101010101010 0011111001111111 11101111010101000 1 11111111011111 11001 101 11001001101001 0111011010111 111111011111101 1011111 111111101101000 1111110101111 1010011010011 100 111100100100011 11111011001110 100100101111010 100110110111110 1101 10101001010111 111110101010110 11010 110010 1001011110 111111001000101010 1110010101110001000 1101110100 11101111111 11110001010 1110010001 01011100010 10101010101 101011101010 1001010101 11110001110 10101010101 11010100011 01011101001 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  • Amount of stanzas: 236
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 671
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, her, in, to, i, and, you, that's, for, i'm, i've, ha, well, it, no, ever, daphne, she, has, one, as, lobster, what, have, there, why, gods, make, manager, him, we, lol, know, yah, fail, god, day, lamp, night, war, fame, muse are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he, thes are repeated.

    The author used the same words jup, thes at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines diety, position, sheep, will, manager, to, it, disappointed, have, burlesque are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words etc, sheep, will, manager, have, burlesque at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ha connects the lines.

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  • summary of Thespis: Act I;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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