This is an analysis of the poem Letter Sent To Master Timmy Dwight that begins with:

Master Timmy brisk and airy
Blythe as Oberon the fairy... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccddXXeeffXXggggbbhhffiiaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 11101010 11111010 10111010 1011101 0011101 1110101 10011101 11101110 10101010 1110101 1110101 0111111 101001 1010101 100101010 0111011 1110001 10001010 101001010 1110101 0110101 11101010 111010100 1011100 1111101 1010101 1110101 11101010 11100010 101011 0111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 958
  • Average number of words per stanza: 174
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Letter Sent To Master Timmy Dwight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Henry Livingston Jr.