This is an analysis of the poem You, Doctor Martin that begins with:
You, Doctor Martin, walk
from breakfast to madness. Late August,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcabca daedaea faffafa ghfgihfh iccXccc bjfbjfj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,8,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 010010110 1110101010 1010111 010110101 011111001001 10101101 0111010 1111101 0111110101 0100101010 111010011 01110111 11111 011111 1101111 1001101111 110010101 110111101 0111010101 11101001 01101111 11010101 1011101010 010111 111 111 101111010110 11111 111011 11101111 0011110010 11101111000 10111001 010110111001 00101011 110101 1111010001 101011110111 0101111 11110011111 10011110100 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, you, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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