This is an analysis of the poem Metrical Letter, Written From London. that begins with:

Margaret! my Cousin!--nay, you must not smile;
I love the homely and familiar phrase;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdadefgfchcXijcfggcXdbhhXkcjXhlglchlkhiaXhblghXaegcbhfbldehhcgdjki
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011011111 1101010101 1101110100 1101010101 0011011011 11001011101 1011001100 1001010111 0101011001 10110010011 1101110100 11001110011 0100011101 1111011111 1101010101 1101010011 110010101010 11110011101 1111010101 1101011101 01011100001 1111101101 1111011111 1111111100 010010001110 1101111111 01110110111 11110101011 1101011111 10001000101 0101000101 1101110101 01111100111 1111111111 1101011111 0111110101 0101010011 0101010111 1111110101 1011101101 1101010001 0111101101 1111011000 1101011111 01110111010 1111010111 01110101101 11001011101 1111010011 110101011 1101010100 1110111101 0111010100 1111010011 1111011101 0111011111 001001010111 1111010011 1101110111 0111001100 0101110101 01001100101 1101110100 1111000101 1111110101 00101001101 1101010011 01010011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2852
  • Average number of words per stanza: 548
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

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