This is an analysis of Cassandra by George Meredith.

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Captive on a foreign shore,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a BCCBC X deede X FGGFG X dhhdh a aiiai a IDDID X jkkjk X ahhah X FGGFG j hjjhj a bddbd X deede X liilX X ibbib X djjdj X giigi X IDDID X iaaia XXBCCBC
  • Stanza lengths: 1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,7,
  • Metre: 1 1010101 1010101 1011101 1100011 1010001 1 1110101 10101001 1010101 1010001 1010101 1 10100101 10101010 10101010 1010001 10101010 1 1010001 1010101 0011101 1110101 1010101 1 1010001 1011011 1000101 1010101 1110111 1 1010101 1010101 1111101 10011001 1110101 1 10010101 1110101 10011111 1010101 1111101 1 1011111 1011111 1010111 11001001 1010111 1 10100101 10101010 10101010 1010001 10101010 1 1010101 1010101 10101001 1010101 1010101 1 10101001 1010111 1110101 0010101 1010101 1 1010101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1000110 1 1110101 10010101 1110101 1110101 1111000 1 0010001 10111001 0011101 100000101 1010101 1 1010111 1010101 1010111 1010001 10110111 1 00111010 1010101 1010101 10001010 1010101 1 1010101 1010101 1111101 10011001 1110101 1 1011111 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1 1010101 1010101 1011101 1100011 1010001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 38
  • Lines: 114

Repeated words/phrases

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