This is an analysis of the poem Dr. Parnel To Dr. Swift, On His Birth-Day, November 30th, Mdccxiii that begins with:

Urg'd by the warmth of Friendship's sacred flame,
But more by all the glories of thy fame;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddccbbeeffaabbgg hhiibb ccffggbbccjj ehhhkkhhffkk ggffllmmlllXiiccllii bbeeeehhbbggXllii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,16,6,12,12,20,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010101 1111010011 111100111 0101010101 0111110101 0111110111 1101011101 1100010111 1101010011 1101000101 1101111101 1101110101 1101110101 0101010011 1001011101 11110101001 01110100011 01001100101 1101110101 1101010101 1111010101 1111000111 11001110101 1001010101 1101010101 1101010011 0101010101 1101010101 0101110101 1111000101 1111011101 11010100001 1111111101 1111110001 1111110001 1101110101 1101010101 0101011111 1111110101 1101011101 1101010101 110010101 0101010101 1111110101 0101110101 0101010101 1001010101 1001010101 0101010101 1111000101 11010001001 1001110101 1101001111 0101010101 1111110101 0111010101 0101010101 1101111011 0101011101 0101011101 0101011101 1101110101 1101010101 1110010101 1101110111 1011110101 1101101101 1101010101 1101110101 1101010001 1001010001 0111011101 1111010001 1101011101 0101110101 1001110101 1110110101 0101110101 1101110101 0101000111 1101000101 1111110111 1101111111 11010010001 1101011111 1111010101 1111011101 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 484
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by, of, more, her, how, thy, you are repeated.

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

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