To “doc” Wylie by Henry Lawson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To “doc” Wylie that begins with:

THOUGH doctors may your name discard
And say you physicked vilely,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab abab acab aXXbXacab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 111100100 11101001 1101010 11011101 0101010 11010101 1101110 11010101 11110011 01011101 0111110 11110111 111100100 11010101 0111110 11111111 1111011 11010111 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word wylie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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