This is an analysis of the poem Epistle To Dr. Blacklock that begins with:
ELLISLAND, 21st Oct., 1789.WOW, but your letter made me vauntie!
And are ye hale, and weel and cantie?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaba cXcdXd eeefef Xggbgb XXXehe XXhXXX gggXgX eeegeg iiXjij fffbXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 100101011110111 11111111 110011111 1110 111111111 1111 01110101 11010101 11111111 11110 110000101 11110 110101010 110111011 01010011 11010 1101101011 101010 11111101 01010101 10011111 11011 11110101 01011 110101010 111001010 111111010 1111 110100010 1111 110111110 111111110 111011110 1111 111101110 0111 11110111 01011111 11110101 11010 11111101 11110 11011101 1111101 11111111 0101 11011111 0111 10011101 01111111 010101011 0111 10110101 0101 110001010 110101010 11100110 11011 11001111 01110001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, ye, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to are repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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