This is an analysis of the poem The Reasons That Induced Dr S To Write A Poem Call'D The Lady's Dressing Room that begins with:

The Doctor in a clean starch'd band,
His Golden Snuff box in his hand,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcceeXdffeeXfccffbXccgggghhaXccXijXhhhhiicckkeellhhXemmXbXjjjjbbffaaeejjjeejXXaahXhhXhffcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 97,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000111 01011001 01010101 110101001 111111 0101001 111101010 110100010 111101111 11010011 11011111 01010101 110100110 110111010 10011101 110011101 11010001 11111101 11010111 00011111 010100111 10010101 00110101 11011101 011111011 01110001 100111010 110100010 11010101 01010101 11000101 11011001 110101010 010101010 01110101 01010101 01111101 11011101 111101100 0100100010 01010111 1101011 010101010 100100010 110100011 011111010 111110111 11010101 110111010 111101010 11011011 1110001 1111001101 0111001101 10011101 11010101 01010111 11010101 11010101 11100001 1011001 01010111 010010010 10010101 11011111 01000101 01010101 01010101 11010101 11111111 11011101 11010111 11011111 011100111 01110101 11010001 11011111 01111101 11011101 11010111 11000111 11010011 11110111 111101110 111111010 10110111 11110111 011111010 0101010 11111101 01111111 101001101 10010001 11011101 01010111 11010111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3434
  • Average number of words per stanza: 630
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; his, and, your are repeated.

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

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