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

Letter of love so strangely thrilling
With all your countless wonder yet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdedcfffabab egXgXbXhXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111010 01110101 1111110110 10010101 011101011 01010110 110101010 01001111 010011010 10111111 100101110 00110111 111011010 11010011 0100101010 11001101 1101010010 10010101 111111110 11110101 110101010 11010111 110111100 11011111 010100110 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 476
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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