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

The mad girl with the staring eyes and long white fingers
Hooked in the stones of the wall,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXXccXacb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110010111110 1001001 011111011010010 1001001 110101011011010 1010101 1101010110101010 10101001 1001011101111110 101101 111100010010101 11010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 567
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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