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

Her imaginary playmate was a grown-up
In sea-coal satin. The flame-blue glances, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabba cdebXd cXXfXb XXXaea bbabba abXbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001010111011 0111001110 011010111010 11011101010 001010001000 1110101111010 101101011010 111100110101 1111100101010 111111101110 11001001101101 1011010101 010111000100 1000100010 01111110101 110110011101 0100101010111 01000010010 111000011011000 1100110100 1101010101 11101010101 1101000101 1101010111 01011001010 11110101010 1010011011 0101011100010 111101010 011101010101 01001110111 01011100110 11100101111 11001110110 1111111111 1110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1759
  • Average number of words per stanza: 310
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • 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; of, her, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Cinderella;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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