This is an analysis of To “doc” Wylie by Henry Lawson.

THOUGH doctors may your name discard
And say you physicked vilely,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXab abab acab aXXbXacab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11011101 111100100 11101001 1101010 11011101 0101010 11010101 1101110 11010101 11110011 01011101 0111110 11110111 111100100 11010101 0111110 11111111 1111011 11010111 1111110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

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