This is an analysis of The Incomparable Soporific Doctor by James Thomson.
Sweet, sleeky Doctor! dear pacific soul!
Lay at the beef, and suck the vital bowl!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaeeffggaaeeddccbb
- Stanza lengths: 26,
- Metre: 1101010101 1101110101 11001010111 1111010011 1101110101 1001010101 1101010101 1101010011 0101010101 1101110101 0011010101 1110010111 1111000101 0101010101 1101111101 1111010111 010010010101 1011110111 1101010111 1101010101 11001010101 11100101001 1111010101 01011111001 1111010101 0111011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 26
Repeated words/phrases
of, thy
