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

Cinderella in the street
In a ragged gown,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd adadefeF cccccgcg hbhbbcbc ieiedjdj XcfcffffF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001 00101 1010101 11101 1010101 10101 1010101 10101 1010111 11101 1010101 10001 1011001 11111 1000101 10101 1111011 10111 1000101 00101 1010101 00101 1011101 10101 1111101 10111 1010101 10111 1110101 11101 1010111 10101 1011101 11101 1010001 11101 1110101 00111 1010101 11101 1000001 11101 1001111 11001 1110101 11101 1010101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

    The author used the same word cinderella at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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.

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