This is an analysis of the poem Town Eclogues: Tuesday; St. James's Coffee-House that begins with:

SILLIANDER and PATCH.
THOU so many favours hast receiv'd,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbcc ddeeffdddbbgg X ddhh a ii X eeee a hhddiijj X bbkk a hhjjll X Xiee a iiXbffdd X mmddbbff a jjddmmXd X nndd a ffii X dd a dd Xddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,13,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,8,1,4,1,6,1,4,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,4,1,4,1,2,1,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10011 111010101 1001110001 1110110101 1111010001 1101011101 0101110011 1101111100 1101010111 01001011111 1011010101 01011101110 11011001010 1011010101 0101101110 1111011101 1111010101 1101110101 110010111 1101110101 100 1111111101 1110111101 1101010101 1111010101 1 0111110101 1111110101 100 1001011001 1111011111 1111111101 0101011111 1 1011010101 1111010111 0101111110 0101010101 10110010101 1011111101 1101011101 1101010111 100 1101111101 0101010101 0111011011 1101110001 1 1011110001 1101010101 0101101101 1001010001 0101011101 0101110101 100 1111010101 1111010111 1100111101 1011010101 1 1100111101 0101111101 0111111110 1111010101 1111111101 0101010101 1110110101 1101110001 100 1111110001 1001010001 0110001101 1101010101 0101110001 1111010001 10110000101 1101001101 1 1001111101 11100100101 1001010101 0111000101 0111001001 1011110101 1001010110 1111010111 100 110010001 1111011111 00110000111 0111010101 1 1100000101 1101010111 0001000111 0111110101 100 11010100101 0111010101 1 1101011011 11011101001 1101000101 110010101 1001010101 0101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 121
  • 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; to, their, and, 'tis, they, i, it, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word her is repeated.

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  • summary of Town Eclogues: Tuesday; St. James's Coffee-House;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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