This is an analysis of the poem To Dr. Laycock, On His Leaving Brantford On Account Of Illness that begins with:

Doctor, you must not hence depart
Ere I address a parting lay... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xcdc efef bgbg gdgd fbfb hahaXeded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10111101 11110101 11001101 11011101 01111110 11110111 11011101 10010001 11111111 11100101 11111111 01010011 11110110 01110011 11111111 11010101 11011101 01111101 01011111 11111101 11111101 01011111 11010001 11011111 11111101 01011111 01011101 11010101 11110101 01101111 10111101 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wealth is repeated).

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