This is an analysis of the poem Dear Reader that begins with:

Baudelaire considers you his brother, and Fielding calls out to you every few paragraphs as if to make sure you have not closed the book, and now I...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101010110110110011011001111110111111001101010111010100011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 1
  • Average number of symbols per line: 252 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 45
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Dear Reader;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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