This is an analysis of the poem A Tenant Of Mrs. Van Kleeck that begins with:
Translation of a letter from a tenant of Mrs. Van Kleeck to that lady, dated January 9, 1787
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXaaaabb ccaaddeeeeeeffddgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,18,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0100010001001011011010101011 11001101011 1011100111011 11111011111 11101001011 111011111001 111111111011 1101111111 11011101011 110011010010 1100100110010 11011111011 11111001011 110011110001 11001110100 111110110110 011110011010 111110110001 1110010010010 01111001101 11111101001 01001011111 11011011100 111101001101 11001111001 11111101111 11011011011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 431
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, that, and, it are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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