This is an analysis of the poem A Letter that begins with:
I have been wondering
What you are thinking about, and by now suppose...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcabc defdef efdefd abbabb ghighi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110100 111100111101 0010011 10100110110100 11101 01001111010111 01001001 1110101100101 011111 1110101011101 0101001 1011010100111 1101010 10111110111111 101111 101101010110 111101 0010100110011001 01101110 11010111111 110101 10101011110110 110101 10110011111111 1011101 11110010101 101100 11111111011 00111001 01010100011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 407
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, it, you are repeated.
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- summary of A Letter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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