This is an analysis of Cassandra by Louise Bogan.

To me, one silly task is like another.
I bare the shambling tricks of lust and pride.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 01110101010 1101010111 01010101010 1101111111 1101011101 0111010111 0101010101 1011011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Anadiplosis

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