This is an analysis of the poem Letter To N.Y. that begins with:

For Louise Crane
...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xbcb deXe acfc XdXd fdad XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 011101111 11110111110 110111001 110101010 1010010001 10100111 101111101 1010110101 10111111 10010111 11001001001 1101101001 110011111 11011101 101111111 10111001 110100111 001110101 11001010001 10100101 1111001 001010110 10011101 11110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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; and, wheat, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase wheat connects the lines.

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