This is an analysis of the poem Cassandra. From Schiller that begins with:
Joy in Ilion's hall resoundeth,
Ere the mighty city fell; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabacdXd XeaefXfX ghghXiXi XjkjgbXb fbfbgbgb fifilblb ebebjdjd XXXmecec kakallll gegefgfg lhfhgfgf mkXkfhfh fbfbbmdl lXledldX fcfcgbgX dgdgkefX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101100 1010101 10101010 0011101 11100111 01101010 1011001 101110010 11101010 1010101 10001010 1010101 10101110 10010 10101010 1000100 10111110 1010101 00101010 0010101 00111011 1010101 11101000 1000101 1000011010 0110101 10111010 1011101 110011010 1001101 11101010 00101011 100101010 1110101 10101110 1111101 1011010 1011101 101001010 1010011 101111010 1111101 10111010 1110011 11101011 11110011 1001110001 1110101 101111010 1010101 1010110 10100001 1010101 100101010 1010111 10111010 10001011000 1111000 10001100 1011100 10111010 1010011 10001010 0011101 101101010 1111111 10110110 1111100 10101011 1001101 10111011 1110101 100110110 1010101 11101100 1010001 101011010 0110101 10111010 0110100 11101011 1011111 10111010 1011101 1010101 010101110 1010111 11111010 101000110 0111111 10101010 0111101 10001010 1000111 10101010 1010101 101111010 0111101 00111010 1010101 10111110 1011100 111010010 1001111 1011001011 0010100 10101011 1011101 100101010 10011101 11111010 001110 1001001010 010011101 10111010 0010101 10111110 1010101 11110010 10101010 10100010 1110101 10101010 1010101 10101010 1011101 10100010 100110
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 128
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
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- summary of Cassandra. From Schiller;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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