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

Like boys that run behind the loaded wain
For the mere joy of riding back again,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcceebbXcffXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111010101 1011010101 1100011101 11101010101 1101011101 0101010101 1011010101 1101010101 0101010101 0101110001 1101010110 11110110101 1101010110 1001010111 0111011101 1101000101 1101111111 1111010101 1101110101 1101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 861
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; to, and, her are repeated.

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

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

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