This is an analysis of the poem Tatiana's Letter that begins with:

FROM 'EUGENE ONIEGIN'
I write to you . . . when that is said ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcacddaeeaffdggdheheh iiiijkbjklgbg bldbdb mnmnmbaaXmimnd ndnaanaaddlaladXgnnnnXX X edeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,22,13,6,14,23,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010100 11011101 11011101 11111111 01010111 10110101 01111101 01010111 111111010 01111111 11100101 110101010 11011111 01101101 01011111 11111111 11110101 11110111 11011111 11010111 11100101 11111101 11110011 10110101 110010101 11110101 01110111 100100110 11010011 11001101 11011100 110010111 01010111 111100101 10010011 111010111 01010111 100010011 11001101 11111100 110011100 10110101 10111001 11110101 11001111 11001101 10111111 11011101 11111101 01010011 111101111 10111111 110101001 11110011 11111101 01011101 11110101 01011101 01110111 111101011 0111110 01111011 111100100 11001101 11111111 10101111 01011111 00110101 10011011 11011101 11110111 111100110 10111101 01011111 11110101 11111101 11101101 11010111 01000110 11010 11111101 11010111 11110101 11011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 363
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; one, you, i, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

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