This is an analysis of Cassandra by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
I heard one who said: "Verily,
What word have I for children here?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cbcb deXe XXfg dbhb XdXd Xhch Xgdg bfdf ebbb hddd Xbbb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 111111000 11111101 11001101 01001101 101010101 01111111 11010101 01011101 101010101 11111111 11001111 11110001 101110111 11111111 11011100 01011101 100010100 11110011 11111011 01010101 101010100 11000101 110011101 1001111 101010101 01011101 11001101 11011101 101011101 01001101 11011110 01010101 101110111 01010111 11110101 11010101 110011101 11101111 11010111 11010001 101010101 01001100 11110011 01011100 101011111 0111001101 11100101 11110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
your, you, and, not, to
Anaphora
what, you