This is an analysis of The Convalescent To Her Physician by Sydney Thompson Dobell.

Friend, by whose cancelling hand did Fate forgive
Her debtor, and rescribe her stern award,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abababaacddcdc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11110010101 0101100101 10110010111 11110001011 1101110111 0101001101 1110011101 0101011111 10111011101 10010101101 0101010101 1111011100 10010011101 0111010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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