A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- 2122 total lines; the second shortest play in the Canon (only The Comedy of Errors is shorter at 1766 lines), much shorter than average play, shorter than average comedy (average play: 2777; average comedy: 2424)
- At 463 lines, Act Three Scene Two is the longest of its kind in the Canon
- At 259 lines, Act Four is the shortest of its kind in the Canon
- Act One: 351 lines; shorter than average (average play: 590, average comedy: 488)
- Act Two: 424 lines; shorter than average (average play: 568, average comedy: 495)
- Act Three: 658 lines; longer than average (average play: 576, average comedy: 512)
- Act Four: 259 lines; shorter than average (average play: 563, average comedy: 460)
- Act Five: 430 lines; shorter than average (average play: 480, average comedy: 471)
- 419 lines of prose (19.75% of total lines [as opposed to The Comedy of Errors: 13.31%, Titus Andronicus: 1.39%, The Taming of the Shrew: 20.82%, 1HenryVI: 0.37%, 2HenryVI: 16.64%, 3HenryVI: 0.14%, Richard III: 2.89%, Love’s Labor’s Lost: 35.08%, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona: 26.81%])
- 923 rhyming lines, by percentage the most of any play thus far (43.5% of total lines [as opposed to Comedy: 20.10%, Titus: 2.42%, Taming: 3.93%, 1HenryVI: 9.79%, 2HenryVI: 3.16%, 3HenryVI: 5.37%, Richard III: 7.55%, LLL: 40.86%, and 2Gents: 35.08%])
- 9 scenes; less than average (average play: 21; average comedy: 16); tied for fewest in the Canon with LLL and The Tempest
- only 23 characters (less than average, about average for comedy [average play: 36, average comedy: 22])