This is an analysis of the poem With Penne, Inke, And Paper To A Distressed Friend that begins with:

Here is paper, pen, and inke,
That your heart and seale may sinke... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaa bbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 1111111 001101110 01110100 1110111 1101110 1010111 1111111 1111101 11110101 1110111 01011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of With Penne, Inke, And Paper To A Distressed Friend;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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