This is an analysis of Doctor B. Of Tears by Sir Henry Wotton.
Who would have thought, there could have bin
Such joy in tears, wept for our sin?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabXbXcc aadedeff ggXaaXhh iejhhjhh kkkhXll bbmkmkii
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,7,8,
- Metre: 11111111 11011111 11111111 011101010 01011101 1111011110 10111111 01010101 101111110 11101101 11110111 11011111 11010101 11001101 111101001 110011101 111111111 11011111 110101 110011 100110 111101 11100101 11111101 111110111 01010101 100101 010001 011101 110101 1101010 11110111 111111111 01011111 01111101 11111111 11111101 11011101 10101101 111111111 11110111 11110101 01010101 11110101 01110101 11010101 00111100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 47
Repeated words/phrases
have, and, to, my
Anaphora
the, thus
