This is an analysis of the poem Doctor Meyers that begins with:

No other man, unless it was Doc Hill,
Did more for people in this town than l....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXXccXXcbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010111 0111000111 11010101000 111111101 11010101010 1110100100010 10001011101 110101001 1111010010 101001010 11010111 101010110011 111000101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 563
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; me is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Doctor Meyers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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