This is an analysis of the poem An Epistle To Dr. Moore that begins with:

Whether dispensing hope, and ease
To the pale victim of disease,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc deebbffaabb gghhgXbbiijjkkff llkkcXffbbaacckkkkbbmk bbaaaallffiinnXkbb cdidggccbbkkjjnniikk jjccooggaaaahhaaaabbppaamkaaeeeejjaahhffll ccaahhiibbjjccccaa bbqqllffaaeeffqqkk aabbbbffccppbbeennff ffffaaggjj aalljjeecchhbbaajjbbrrbbbbXabbllnnjjaabbkkf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,11,16,22,18,20,42,18,18,20,10,50,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 00110001 10010111 11010111 11010101 01001101 101001011000100100110011001100 11110101 11010001 110010111 010101101 11110101 10010111 111010010 010101010 10111111 11011101 110111001 11111111 11110101 01010111 111101011 11011110 01000101 01010111 01010101 11110101 01011101 01011101 01011101 10110101 110101001 11011101 01100011 01010001 01010101 01110101 011101001 11010001 01010101 11011011 11010101 110011101 11110101 11011101 11011101 11010101 11110101 01001111 11010101 11010101 01111101 01010111 110101010 11010001 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 110101010 11101010 110101001 1111101 11010101 11010101 11010001 11111101 01011101 110111001 100111010 01011101 11011111 010101001 01010101 110101010 01110111 01010100 110101101 11010001 11111101 01110001 11010101 11110101 11110111 11011111 10110101 11010101 11110101 11110101 10110111 11111101 11110101 01010111 11011001 10010111 01011101 10010101 11010101 01010001 11011101 111111001 11011101 11111101 110111010 010101010 01010101 11010101 11010111 11001101 101111001 11010101 11010101 010100101 10110101 010100101 11010111 11010101 001001010 01111101 11001111 010011101 11011101 11110101 110110101 11010101 11011101 11011101 01000101 11011101 11110101 11010101 11011101 01010001 11110111 11010111 100100101 01110101 11110001 01010101 01011101 01011101 01010111 11110101 01111101 01011101 10110101 11000111 11010101 01010001 11110101 11011111 1110100111 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11001101 01010101 11110101 110110001 11010101 11010101 01111001 11100101 11110101 01010111 010101011 01110101 11010101 11010001 11010111 110100111 11110101 110110101 010100101 11011001 11010111 01010101 01011101 01010101 01110101 11010101 11011101 110000101 10110101 10010101 010010101 01000101 11010111 11010101 11110111 11111101 11011101 11010101 111101010 110111010 11010101 01010111 01010111 01010001 10010111 11011101 11010101 11010101 11010101 1010100111 11010101 01010101 11110101 10010101 110110101 01010101 110010011 01010001 01010111 01001101 11111101 11010101 11011001 11010101 11011101 11111101 11010111 01010101 01010101 11011101 110111100 11010101 11001111 11010101 11001101 01010011 01011101 11110111 110010111 01010101 111100101 11010101 01010011 01011101 110100101 11010111 11011001 01010101 11010111 0101011 11010101 110101001 11110110 01001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 743
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 251
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, to, my, that, i, in, so, thy, of, with, had are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, with, and, love, from, the, in are repeated.

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