This is an analysis of the poem The Letter that begins with:
Little cramped words scrawling all over
the paper... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcbXX dXXbXXX ddXXdac X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110110 010 11011 111100101 1011 1010101010 11 10011 110111110 00 010011 10100111 1001000 0111 111001001011 01 0101 0100001010 1100 11101110010 0011 010110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Letter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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