This is an analysis of the poem Her Last Letter: Being A Reply To 'His Answer' that begins with:
June 4th! Do you know what that date means?
June 4th! By this air and these pines!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc cXccXcac dXdXdcdc XXbceeee XfefgcgX bXbXgdXd Xhihijij cjcjfefX kckcejej bebXaXae bcbcidid ececaeaX X Xebeecec lelefcfc Xjijfefe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111111 11101111 110111111 11011011 1011110010 01101101 1111010010 111011001 0011111110 11101011 110111010 01111111 111110110 1111111 1110010010 11001001 010111010 01011101 101111010 11111101 1110110110 111101001 011110011 101111101 011011110 010010110 1011011110 11011111 110010111 11111011 11011111 11111101 1110110010 11011101 111110111 101101011 1110010110 01011001 1111110110 001111001 110111110 001111011 1111111110 11011011 1110111010 01111101 11101101 001011001 0011011110 11011011 110110110 01111101 1110010110 01001101 110011010 11011011 1111111111 101111111 1011111111 01001011 11110011111 111011011 1010111011 001001011 1010011011 11111011 1110011011 0010001001 1010010011 11101011 11110100101 001111001 1110110010 101001111 1110101110 001111101 1011111110 11101011 1011011110 11111001 011010010 111101101 1011010010 010101001 111111110 11010101 111011010 01101001 111111011 01001011 010111111 01001111 010011010 001101101 1010010110 11001001 11 111111100 11111111 011010010 01101101 1011011011 101101111 1110111111 111111001 111111110 110111111 010110010 101111011 1011110011 111010101 1111111011 111010111 1111110110 101111001 11101011110 111101001 1010010111 11111011 1111011011 111111011
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 121
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; i, ', my, in, to, and, of, there's, night, good, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words june, i, and, good, to are repeated.
The author used the same word from at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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