This is an analysis of the poem A Tribute To Dr. Murison that begins with:
Success to the good and skilful Dr Murison,
For golden opinions he has won... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabX ccdd dXaa eedd ffbb aaddbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0100011010100 110010111 0010111 1011100 1010101101 1110111111 11110101001 111010101101 1111111101 111101011100 1010100111001 011110001010101 1110100010101 010001110001 1010101111 0101010001 1010001001 10011101 01001111 011111101 101010001010101 101101011111 111101110011 1111101011001 01101010101 00100100100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, i, to, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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