This is an analysis of the poem A Letter that begins with:
Two things love can do,
Only two:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAbbXcD aAccbbD XXe ffe aag cXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 101 1011101 0111011 10110 1000111 111 11111 101 0011100 1010101 111111 1111111 111 1111110100 1111111100 0111001 1011110101 1111111111 111111 1111110101 1111010101 110111 0101111101 01110011000 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; can, be, my, i, or, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same words two, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ways at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of A Letter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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