This is an analysis of the poem Satyr Ii. To T:--- M.---Y. On Law. that begins with:

Health & advice an old acquaintance sends,
Health & advice, the wish & debt of friends,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee ffggXe hXaaeeXiaaXXaa iijjhhhaiffaaaaXjjcchaffaaddhXeekklllhXkkff bbXXiXkkkaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,14,43,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101110101 10101101 1111010101 1101010001 01110010101 1101110101 101100101 1101010011 0111011101 111010101 1101000101 1111101100 1101000101 1011010111 1100001011 101100111 1111011011 11110011100 0001110101 1101010101 1111010101 1101010101 1101111111 111000100 0011000111 01010011101 1101010101 11101110 0111010101 101010001 1101110101 1111010001 1100110101 1101110101 1100010001 010101010100 1110110001 1101010101 101000101 1011110101 1101011101 011011111 110100101 1001010101 11010100111 11010011100 1100110101 1101010111 1101111111 1101111111 1101000101 1011010101 0101000101 101011111 1011010101 1101000101 101010101 1101110011 1111010100 010100101 101010111 1101110111 1101110101 0101101001 0110011101 1111110111 00101110101 0011111101 1111110110 1111011100 1101110101 111010011 1101010101 01011101 1101010111 0111010110 0101110101 1001110101 0110011110 1001010101 1111110101 1111010101 1101010101 0111110101 1101110101 0111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 736
  • Average number of words per stanza: 131
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; you, who are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words health, tully, the, for are repeated.

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