This is an analysis of the poem The Letter that begins with:
WHAT is she writing ? Watch her now,
How fast her fingers move !... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdecec fgfgcgcgeheh iaiaefefgjgj kckcllllklkl hehfgfXfdede kckcjcjclflf cgcgdXdhllll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110101 110101 11000101 010101 01110101 110101 11110101 010101 01100101 1100101 01011111 010111 0101001011 001111 01010101 011101 010111001 011101 01101111 111101 10110101 111101 01010101 010101 11011101 010111 11110101 0111001 11110101 01010010 1101001001 0101010 11011101 010101 11011101 110100 010010101 011111 11011101 0111001 11111101 11010101 11010111 001111 01010111 101111 101010111 111101 1100101001 10101111 101010101 110101 11111111 011101 01010100 111111 11010101 111101 01010101 010101 11010101 011111 110010101 011101 01011101 010101 101010101 101111 01010101 110101 11010101 110101 11110101 1100101 01011101 010110 111100101 1101110 101110111 110101 010100101 010111 11110101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 398
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, the, a, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Letter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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