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

DRAMATIS PERSONAE
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  • Rhyme scheme: a b XXXXa X XXXXXcXXaXde fgegheeb XifgXfbeabea djadjakbbkbb X Xlc befgcc m gm bhm gdb X X f h e b chn b j b o mn c eb kn c n hehp hkgh Xqreh c h h qq f nq gj js chc sn n l hf nbc n q XjlldeJX ssqqjjjX hhssqqJX fgq bsdfj shshntnt hshsmbmb mjmXfhfh bhbhhfh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,5,1,12,8,12,12,1,3,6,1,2,3,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,4,4,5,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,3,2,1,1,2,3,1,1,8,8,8,3,5,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,1,1,3,1,4,1,1,1,1,3,1,1,2,1,2,1,13,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,2,8,1,1,1,1,2,3,1,1,3,2,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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11001011001 110010010010 11101011001 011010110010 1000100010000 110111010010 01001101001 11110010110 01100011001 110010010010 01111001001 0101110110 11011101001 0010011110110 11001011001 110110111010 11011011001 010110110110 11001011001 1011010110010 01001100011 111110010010 11011011001 110010010010 11001011001 011010011010 01001001001 01010111110 01001001001 0100101000100 1001011011 0010101100100 1011011111 10101 11001101 111 11011111111111 10110100101100010101 10100100101101 1110111111001 11010111011001 1100010101111111 011111001101100 10010111 11010000 11011110111 111101010111101 1111111100 11111110111010 1111011011111 1 111100011101 11111111 1111111111100011 1101011101 1111111111100 1101010001001100 1010000100010 111111110100 111000110110011110 1111011110110010 110111101110100010 1110010111111100 1010100111111010 0011010010001110 101011111100110 0100110101101000101011 10000101010110100001 010111001111110 101000011001001101 110101101111100100 11010011010010111 1111 11111110010 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101010110101 111010 111010 111010 1010 11110101010 01010001001000100100 100001001010111 1110110010001010 1111111011 101100011001001010 010101010010010010 1010000111010000101 111111000101010100100 1001001101011101110 0100111111010011 111011110 11110100001 11110101010010101 111010100011010100 001001111010101101 0010101011110100 001001000101010100 10101001001011011 101001 11010100010100010 1110010 110010111111100 01010 11111 11000101100101011 110010011000 1111011001010100 100100101101011 11001011111010100 1111001000100 110010 111001001011 1101010011011101 10110111011100100 1011011011101 1001011100101011 1 1101010101010010 100101101001011 001011 11010101111 111010100 1111110 11010101001001111 110011101010011011 010 11000 111110101000 111011010101 111010101 111110100111111010 11111001101111 01001 111101011010 101010101010110010 1100110101001011 01001 111111111 1110111110111 011101010101 1111010010 11010 11001010001001000 011110001100100 101011011100101011 110101011001101 1 1111 11010 11101100 1100100010100101 01111110 11011 11010110100 1111 11001110110 1101010010100 10111111 11010101010 11111110100010110 101001010101111010 10111101000101110 010010101011110100 101001001010101 10101101011010 010101010 1101010 101100111011110 011101010101010 11101001101100 0111101 11001000010101100 100111101 111100010101100 100111101 1100111100 100110110101011 11100 111100110111010 1 111111101111110 11110110 11101 111001001000010 1001101101 11010011 1010100110011111 01 101010010111111010 1110011110110101 10101000100110011101 1010011 1111001111110 101 111 11010111010001001 101010101011101 101 111010001001101010 10001101101101 1111010101 1010001011101010110 0101000110101010010 01011010110111 10011010010011 110001010100111 110010111111010 101110101001000 01000 111110 1110 0111 1110 0101 0101 0110 0110 0110 1110 1111101010 011111 001010 010101 101010001110 0100 101 10010 100101101011100 1100111101 10011010 11001001 010110010 11001011 110111010 1011001 111010010 1011001 10101 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  • Amount of stanzas: 281
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 643
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, and, i, their, them, deputy, you, to, mars, married, but, sparkeion, in, why, it, as, know, we, once, year, there, been, that, now, husband, your, he's, decision, sir, he, oh, story, teller, time, so, duty, stand, this, us, ever are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words happy, wretched, he, thes, if, we are repeated.

    The author used the same words then, 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, favour, night, matter, yet, year, many, lot, calliope, husband, me, it, monster, respectful, teller, of, admirably, place, november, the, universal, this, wrong, pleadingly, exceedingly, humility, ability are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words thing, favour, part, night, matter, arcadee, yet, year, many, lot, husband, me, not, monster, respectful, teller, admirably, place, universal, usual, beer, pleadingly, exceedingly, humility, see at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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