This is an analysis of To Doctor Priestley by Anna Laetitia Barbauld.
DECEMBER 29, 1792.
Stirs not thy spirit, Priestley! as the train…
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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