This is an analysis of the poem Cassandra that begins with:
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Captive on a foreign shore,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a BCCBC X deede X FGGFG X dhhdh a aiiai a IDDID X jkkjk X ahhah X FGGFG j hjjhj a bddbd X deede X liilX X ibbib X djjdj X giigi X IDDID X iaaia XXBCCBC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1010101 1010101 1011101 1100011 1010001 1 1110101 10101001 1010101 1010001 1010101 1 10100101 10101010 10101010 1010001 10101010 1 1010001 1010101 0011101 1110101 1010101 1 1010001 1011011 1000101 1010101 1110111 1 1010101 1010101 1111101 10011001 1110101 1 10010101 1110101 10011111 1010101 1111101 1 1011111 1011111 1010111 11001001 1010111 1 10100101 10101010 10101010 1010001 10101010 1 1010101 1010101 10101001 1010101 1010101 1 10101001 1010111 1110101 0010101 1010101 1 1010101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1000110 1 1110101 10010101 1110101 1110101 1111000 1 0010001 10111001 0011101 100000101 1010101 1 1010111 1010101 1010111 1010001 10110111 1 00111010 1010101 1010101 10001010 1010101 1 1010101 1010101 1111101 10011001 1110101 1 1011111 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1 1010101 1010101 1011101 1100011 1010001
- Amount of stanzas: 38
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 114
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.
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- summary of Cassandra;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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