This is an analysis of the poem On Dr. Brown's Death that begins with:
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Alas will nothing do,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbbcdefdddggffhh XaXeiieaaaff XjjddiifdfdcdcdeeiibbXeie XffbbkkiijjggbXhghaaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,12,25,22,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 010101 10010101 11011101 1111101 111101 11111111 111100010101 010101101001 010110 1111011101 01010101 1011010101 11010001001 1110101 01001111 11110010101 1111010111 1 111111 1111010001 1101111100 1111011100 011100111101 010101001 11001101 110101 1101011101 11010111 10110010101 1 11011101 10010101 01110101 1101010101 1011111001 111010100 111111 11111101 11110010001 11010011001 11111111 01010001 1001010001 01010101 1111111101 111101 1001010101 0010101 1101010101 1101101001 111101100 1011111101 11010110101 010101111 1 100101111 11011100111 11010111 1110111001 11011001 110110001 1100000101 10100 10010101101 01111101 11010010001 01010001 011111 10111 1011010101 110101 0011110001 100101 11010101 1011110111 111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 678
- Average number of words per stanza: 124
- Amount of lines: 77
- 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, ye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words must, sure, wn, him, curst are repeated.
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