This is an analysis of For The Better by Anne Kingsmill Finch.
A Quack, to no true Skill in Physick bred,
With frequent Visits cursed his Patient's Bed;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaabbcccdddd eeffffffffffffggeeaa fffddffbbXaabbcc
- Stanza lengths: 15,20,16,
- Metre: 0101110101 0101010101 1001100101 1101111101 0101110101 1111010101 0101110111 0101010001 1101111001 1101110001 110101110101 1011010001 0111111101 1111110011 0101111111 0101111101 0101011101 0101110101 0101110101 11010101001 1100011111 0111111011 1101110111 1111111111 1101110101 1111011111 1101111101 1101010101 0101001111 1001110101 1101010101 0101010101 1101010101 1001010111 1111010111 1111111101 1111110101 011010101 1101110101 1000110001 0101110101 1101011101 0101111001 1111110111 11100111101 0101010101 1001110111 1101011101 1111011101 1101010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
his, how, your
Anaphora
now
