This is an analysis of the poem Country Letter that begins with:

Dear brother robin this comes from us all
With our kind love and could Gip write and all... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeXcccffffggddffeeeegg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101001011 0111111111 1101110101 1111111101 0101101111 1101011001 0111011111 1101011111 1101011101 11001110101 1101111110 1111110001 11010100110 1101110111 1100110101 0100010111 1001111011 1101110101 1101110101 1101010011 1101010101 11110111001 1011011101 1101010101 1001110101 1111010101 1101111101 1101111111 1111011101 0111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 254
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines all is repeated).

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  • summary of Country Letter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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