This is an analysis of the poem A Letter To My Aunt that begins with:

A Letter To My Aunt Discussing The Correct Approach To Modern Poetry
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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabXccddeeffgg hhffbbgg ffXgggXhii iiiiXjjbbbbiebbXXiihhffkk bbbdd llaj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,8,10,25,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001101000101010100 01111101 01010101 01111111 01010100 11011101 111100001 11111111 1100101 11010111 011101 11111111 01011101 11011101 01001001 110111010 110111110 01010111 1000101 11010101 11010111 11011101 11110101 01010101 01010101 01010101 11010011 11010101 11011101 10011011 01010111 11111111 11010101 11011101 01001101 11010101 110101010 111101010 111101010 110001110 10010101 01100101 01011100 11110100 10011101 1101001 11111101 11010101 010011010 1100101010 01001101 11010101 01011101 11010101 0100101 11011001 11010111 01010001 01010111 0010011 01111111 10110110 0101101 11011111 01010011 11111001 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • 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; to, their, and, few, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, or, and, a are repeated.

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