This is an analysis of The Sorcerer: Act I by William Schwenck Gilbert.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre, an Elderly Baronet…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme:
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- Metre:
- Closest metre:
- Guessed form:
- Stanzas: 142
- Lines: 752
Repeated words/phrases
to, no, old, i, me, mrs, you, my, which, of, your, yet, with, most, and, deliver, it, alexis, that, have, love, true, should, itself, for, some, he, we, our, in, appear, set, us, free, ha, now, rollicking, tea
Anaphora
time, had, may, sangazure, marmaduke, some, if, and, where, in, that, now, the, oh
Epiphora
girls, aline, potion, wells
Anadiplosis
alexis
