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

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REND, rend thine hair, Cassandra: he will go.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a baabbccbXdefde X aXXfaaaaghgchg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1111010101 1111011111 011100010001 1111111111 1111110101 0110111001 01011110101 010010010101 111111100 1101011111 1111011111 1110011100 1101011101 1100011111 1 1101111101 11001011111 11011100110 1011010100 1101110111 1101110101 0111010111 1101100101011 1101011101 1100011101 10110101011 10011110101 0111111111 1101000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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; rend, gone, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Cassandra;
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  • history of its creation;
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