This is an analysis of the poem The Pastoral Letter that begins with:
So, this is all, — the utmost reach
Of priestly power the mind to fetter!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXccdXececffffgcgchihiababhihieceXjkjkgXgbliliibibXjgjbjbjgjgjhihicicildlXiiiigcgcjbjbecechfhflelelilililimjmjjijimiXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 120,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010111 0101001010 11011101 0101010010 11011101 1010111010 110111011 110100100 010010111 010111110 110001111 011100110 1100111001 111101010 11010101 11010010010 110011111 01011100010 11010101 110111010 111000111 010011010 11010001 010111010 11010101 010011010 11110101 110101110 01011101 010111010 010101001 010101010 11011111 011001010 11010111 110101010 11010101 110111110 01010101 1101100110 10111101 0100100010 11010111 010101110 10011101 001001110 01100101 1100101010 11100111 0100010010 10110111 110111010 101101001 010101010 10111101 010101110 011111010 1101110110 110001010 010001010 10110101 110111010 110010101 010101110 11010001 110101110 11110101 0100101010 01110101 010101010 11010101 1111010110 110101001 110101010 11001101 1101010101 11000101 010101010 11001111 010101010 010010101 111111010 01001101 010001110 11010101 010011010 110101001 110101010 11110101 0101011010 11010101 010010010 11110101 010101010 01101101 111101010 110101011 1101010010 11010101 011011010 01001101 010101010 01011101 1100111010 11111101 010100010 11010101 010101010 11010101 0101011010 011101001 010100010 11110111 1101010010 11010101 010011110 10010101 010101010 11011101 110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 4372
- Average number of words per stanza: 780
- Amount of lines: 120
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, of, for, in, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, whose, with are repeated.
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