Analysis of I've a Pain in my Head

Jane Austen 1775 (Steventon Rectory, Hampshire) – 1817 (Winchester, Hampshire)



'I've a pain in my head'
Said the suffering Beckford;
To her Doctor so dread.
'Oh! what shall I take for't?'

Said this Doctor so dread
Whose name it was Newnham.
'For this pain in your head
Ah! What can you do Ma'am?'

Said Miss Beckford, 'Suppose
If you think there's no risk,
I take a good Dose
Of calomel brisk.'--

'What a praise worthy Notion.'
Replied Mr. Newnham.
'You shall have such a potion
And so will I too Ma'am.'


Scheme AXAX ABAB XCXC DBDB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 101011 1010010 101011 1111111 111011 11111 111011 111111 111001 111111 11011 111 1011010 01101 1111010 011111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 429
Words 88
Sentences 12
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 09, 2023

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. more…

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