This is an analysis of the poem To Mr.I.L. that begins with:
OF that short roll of friends writ in my heart,
Which with thy name begins, since their depart,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXaabbbbccaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0111011011 1011011101 10011010010 1101101100 1111111111 1101111101 1111000100 00101001111 11111111001 1111111111 11010110001 11011111101 0111111101 111111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 646
- Average number of words per stanza: 121
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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; of, you, your, and are repeated.
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- summary of To Mr.I.L.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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