This is an analysis of To Doctor Priestley by Anna Laetitia Barbauld.

DECEMBER 29, 1792.
Stirs not thy spirit, Priestley! as the train…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XabXcXaXXdba XXedcebdd
  • Stanza lengths: 1,12,9,
  • Metre: 01011 1111010101 0110010101 1011010101 11110101010 1111010111 1101010101 0101010101 0101010101 110110010101 1011111101 01110011100 11011101101 0101000101 0111111101 0011110101 11010011101 0111011101 11011111010 0011001101 0101110101 11010001011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 22

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