This is an analysis of the poem Cleopatra. that begins with:

The asp, her baby, on her breast,
She falls asleep,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdcecXfgfgahahaiaiajajekek
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 1101 10110001 1111 01110001 11001 01110101 0110 100101101 1101 01111101 11000 01010101 0101 11011101 0111 11010111 0101 10110101 0101 11010111 1101 100101001 0001 11110101 0101 01010101 0101 11011101 0101 11110101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 849
  • Average number of words per stanza: 158
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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.

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  • summary of Cleopatra.;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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