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

You can see it already: chalks and ochers;
Country crossed with a thousand furrow-lines;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcdXXeaebacXedbbeXaXafgfXegdXgXaghiaihaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11100101110 1010010101 110111010100 0101110101 10111100011 0101101101 010101010100 1010010101 11001101000 1101111101 00111100110 0111010101 100100101010 11110011101 11101101110 0101011101 010101010101 1111110110 01110101110 1111110101 011101010110 0111011111 101110101010 1111010111 11010110110 0101010101 10110100110 1011110011 01010111010 1101010101 01010101111101 11010101111 10010110010111 1111011101 1101010011111 1001011001 10010001010 11110100101 1001010101101 1001010101 10110001011 1101001101 11100100010 11000001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2005
  • Average number of words per stanza: 347
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, i, nor, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, nor are repeated.

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

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