This is an analysis of the poem Cinderella that begins with:

You always read about it:
the plumber with the twelve children...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdE XfaXE efcagX bhciE cjkgjjlXjabbbkmamjn oalXaodnodneicX miXgcdjdacap incfddccaacdabeimXdXggjbpoh eiaad cicaXcjedE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,5,19,15,12,27,5,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 01000110 1101011 010010 110 10100 1101011 11001011 0100011 110 101111010 1110101 01111100 1100101 1101 00101001011 10100 101011011 1010100010 0101010 110 1 01001111011 11100101010 001001101 1010001001 011010111 1101001 101110 1010111 111010111 1101101110 010110101 1011101010 10100111010 1101110101 10100110111 01011110101 1101110101 01001011111 11011111 0101010 01110101 1110100010 11011001 10101011 0110101010 000101110 101101111 0111101 1011001011 1110100010 1101010110 11111101 1010100 10101001101 111101010 10101100 1100101 01110101 11001010 10011010101 11110101 011011010 1010010101 101101101 110110011 111111110 1101101 11101000101 1110111111 01011110010 10101001111 110101101 1001010101 11000111010 11111011 110110111 1101110110 00100111101 01010001010101 101110011110 101111010 011010001011 1101101101 100101010 11111101 010101101 1011110 0111010 1010110110 1110111 01101010001 10110000101 10101010 0110101010 101110111 110101 111 1010101 1111001010 111000101 1010110011 1010010010011 101001101 101001011 110110110100 100101 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 109
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, never are repeated.

    The author used the same word or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word story at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Cinderella;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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