This is an analysis of the poem Dear Doctor, I Have Read Your Play that begins with:

Dear Doctor, I have read your play,
Which is a good one in its way,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbXddeebbaaffggbbggbbhhiijjjjkXbiffXjjjllbbmmkknnXbiieeaaXdffiihXffnngXfXffmmaXaaggdddbXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 94,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 10001001 100111010 110100110 01100101 01010001 010111010 110100100 1111010100 1111111100 11010111 01010101 110111001 11110101 01110010 01010111 110101010 010110010 0011111100 0100010100 11110101 11111101 110101101 1100011100 1100001010 1101011010 11110111 11010101 11011111 11011101 110101110 111111010 110111010 111100010 010011010 110101100 110111010 111101110 110101110 011111010 011101110 111101010 110101110 010101110 11111101 1010101 0101011100 0101110100 01001101 11010011 0101011100 1011011100 110110101 11110101 01110111 101010111 11010111 11010001 11000101 01010011 01010101 11011111 110100110 111000110 110100010 110111010 01111001 110110101 111100110 010111100 11100101 11011101 11110101 10010101 111101010 11010010 010100010 0100100010 110001010 010100010 01001101 010000111 110101011 111111110 11111101 10011011 10111101 01110101 111111110 011111110 110101110 110111 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1714
  • Average number of words per stanza: 298
  • Amount of lines: 93
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; your, my, his, and are repeated.

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

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