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

O Hymen king.
Hymen, O Hymen king, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
  • Сlosest stanza type:
  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 75
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hymen, what, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, why, when are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wed is repeated).

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  • summary of Cassandra;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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