This is an analysis of the poem Song In A Dentists Chair that begins with:

All joys I bless, but I confess
There is one greatest thrill...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcB cded fgXg bhgh fiii ebXbcB abXbcB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 101101 1010111101 110101 01010111 010101 110111001 100001 10110101 101101 01011101 110101 11110101 011101 1100111101 010101 10110111 110101 11111101 110101 01010011 110110 11010101 110101 11011101 110101 11010111 111111 11011111 101101 1110111111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, my, or are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word drill at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Song In A Dentists Chair;
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