This is an analysis of the poem Cassandra that begins with:
I heard one who said: "Verily,
What word have I for children here? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cbcb deXe XXfg dbhb XdXd Xhch Xgdg bfdf ebbb hddd Xbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111111000 11111101 11001101 01001101 101010101 01111111 11010101 01011101 101010101 11111111 11001111 11110001 101110111 11111111 11011100 01011101 100010100 11110011 11111011 01010101 101010100 11000101 110011101 1001111 101010101 01011101 11001101 11011101 101011101 01001101 11011110 01010101 101110111 01010111 11110101 11010101 110011101 11101111 11010111 11010001 101010101 01001100 11110011 01011100 101011111 0111001101 11100101 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, you, and, not, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, you are repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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