This is an analysis of the poem Love Letter Written In A Burning Building that begins with:

I am in a crate, the crate that was ours,
full of white shirts and salad greens,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aabacbbXdeX adaefgXchbi XbjfdXXjjjjjh agajekiekifXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,13,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1100101111 10111101 011101101001 11110011 11110110 111111 111000101101 101110101 1101001 001010110101 10110111 1110101001111 11111111010 001111101010 101101 010101011 01100100011 011101010 001001001010 011011101 1111010 01010001 11111010 1100111111011 10100100 100101 01111 111101 011101001 110110 110110 10101010 011110 01010001010 1101111001 0110101 0101010110110111 1 1101111100 10110011100111 0010001 1011100101100100010 1 0110010 011010110 01001001010 1011111 1001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; sheets, and, story, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines story is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Love Letter Written In A Burning Building;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Anne Sexton