Whats a useful tool for analysing the speaker of a text?

One nifty way of approaching this board topic is by focusing on how the speaker narrates by examining their writing style. An interesting line of enquiry is asking yourself: are the sentences they use simple or complex? This may seem obvious, but can yield interesting answers. Simple sentences will use one or two phrases, without linking them through clause or conjunction e.g. 'I shut the door on her. I was angry.' The technical literary term for this is parataxis. If most of the sentences the speaker is using are paratactic, then it indicates that the writer is employing a simplistic narrative voice, for which there could be many reasons; making the speaker seem younger/less intelligent/ more emotional. This is because they do not use clauses to support actions with reason or explanation ('I shut the door on her because..'). Complex sentences, therefore, will use clauses and subordinators, thus making them longer in length, e.g.. 'I shut the door on her because I was angry at her when she told me she was having a party without me'. The technical literary term for this is hypotaxis. This presents an argument and demonstrates the speaker's meditations on a subject, which indicates their intellectual ability and astute reasoning. Thus, the narrative voice appears more erudite/mature/persuasive/complex. Extra:>> Its worth noticing the speaker's uses of subordinating clauses, as they are making this part of a sentence seem less important - why do so? Claudius, for example, starts his first speech in Hamlet (Act1 Scene2) with a subordinating clause. The clause refers to the dead king's rule. The formal sentence begins only when Claudio describes his marriage to Gertrude. It is therefore indicated that Claudius is more interested in his own marriage than mourning the death of his brother. 'Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death The memory be green [....]Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen...'>>> Its also good to comment on how a sentence starts. Starting with a subordinator (if, when), for example, immediately sets a reflective/ meditative/advisory tone. Think of the poem 'If' by Rudyard Kipling.