This is an analysis of To Dr. Thomas Shearer by Sidney Lanier.
Presenting a portrait-bust of the author.
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X aabb
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,
- Metre: 01001010010 1111111101 01111110111 1101000100 1100110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 6