This is an analysis of the poem Epistle To Dr. Enfield that begins with:

ON HIS REVISITING WARRINGTON IN 1789
Friend of those years which from Youth's sparkling fount... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xabacacadede fafadgdXhghgdidi jkjkchchkkkklele hmhmdadafnfnglXl dodobgbgkaka
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,16,16,16,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010010001 10101011001 0101111111 10001000101 1101011101 1111011101 1101010001 1111010101 11111001101 0111010101 1101010101 1111010111 11001010101 1011011111 1101110101 1111111101 0111011101 1101110101 1100010101 111100101 01010101010 11010011101 0111110101 11110010111 1111011101 1101010101 1111110101 1101110101 1111010101 1101010101 1111010101 101101101 11000111101 1101010111 01010001101 11001110101 1100010101 1101010101 11010111010 1111011001 010010100010 10010111001 0101010101 0101011101 0101010101 1101001101 0011011101 1101010101 1101011101 1011111101 0101010101 1101010111 11010010101 1011110101 01111101011 0101001101 01001110011 0011111101 1111010010 011111001100 1101110111 11010100101 1101110101 11001110111 11001011111 1101001101 0101000101 0101011101 1111010101 1101111101 1011110001 1101111111 01010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 553
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Epistle To Dr. Enfield;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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