This is an analysis of the poem A Familiar Epistle that begins with:
DEAR COSMOPOLITAN,—I know
I should address you a Rondeau, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXXXbb ccXddXeeXXccddXfbbgXhhXdhhhhiiXjjffggeeXfdddXXXffgX kk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,51,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010011 11111001 110111101 1110110 111111100 110101000 11110101 10100111 11110111 11010101 01010111 011101010 11010101 01011101 111111111101 01010001 01011101 11010111 11011001 01000111 110101010 010101110 11110101 11010001 11111111 11010101 11011101 10011110 10111101 0101010001 11100101 11010101 11000101 10111101 110101010 110101010 11100101 11010001 101001 11 01010111 10110001 110010101 00011101 010010001 11110101 01110101 01110111 010101001 011101110 010101010 01010101 01010100 11010010 10110100 01110101 10100101 10010101 01000100 11010110 01100100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 711
- Average number of words per stanza: 129
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, of, and, d, his, s, when, its are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, when, its are repeated.
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