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!…

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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