The Friend Of Humanity And The Rhymer by Henry Austin Dobson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Friend Of Humanity And The Rhymer that begins with:

F. OF H. I want a verse. It gives you little pains;--
You just sit down, and draw upon your brains.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa b ccdd e Xffee ggX gg bbhhiiggffX aaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,4,1,5,3,2,11,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011101011101 1111110111 1101000 10111 1101000111 1101110001 11010111001 1101010111 1101010001 1101110101 0111101101 1101001101 1101110101 100101001010 10111111010 110100 1011111 1011010111 111110110110 11010011010 0101110101 1101000111 1101111101 1101010001 0111010001 0111110101 1111001101 1101110111 1111 101110101 1101110111 111101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, feel, help are repeated.

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

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