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

OH, I des received a letter f'om de sweetest little gal;
Oh, my; oh, my....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaBcccBdBdBeeeBbBbBffXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010101010101 1111 1110101110101 1111 111111111111 110111111111 111111101111101 1111 110101011101 1111 111101010101 1111 11011101010101 11011101110111 11110111111101 1111 11010101011101 1111 111010101110101 1111 111110101010111 111010101110100 101111110010101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 982
  • Average number of words per stanza: 221
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; oh, my, she, me, dat, loves, i, huh are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, she are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase my connects the lines.

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