This is an analysis of To Doctor Lang by Charles Harpur.

Little, perhaps, thou valuest verse of mine—
Little hast read of what my hand has wrought,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbaabcdcddc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001110101 1011011111 11011100101 01010011111 1101010101 1101110101 0011001101 01011001111 1111001111 1111010101 10001011111 0111110111 1011011101 10101111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

little