This is an analysis of the poem Elegy For The Doctor that begins with:

LANDLORD, take a double fee, and let the banquet slide,
Send the viands, send the wine to cheer the poor outside,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb c caa bb dd aae e ffbb gg hh aXabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110101110101 101101010111 101011110101 10101101100101 1000010110101 101011111111 101010101101 101110110101 101101110101 1010011111111 1010101110101 01010101010101 110110101110101 110011111010011 11010101010101 01110101010101 010001001011101 110100100011111 11010101010111 11010101110101 11010101110101 0100101010101001 11110111110101 1101001011100101 11110100101101 01010101011101 11110101110101 110101101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, and, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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