erent types of metrical feet with the emphasis on the imbic. The first two quatrains are organized with two enjambments each. Each enjambment contains a separate image or point of vieew. The rhyme scheme is that of exact rhymes, and the rhyme implies a direct relationship such as "words" and "absurd". The poet is speaking in a third person point of view going from general in the first quatrain to very personal in the third quatrain. The diction of the speaker is elevated with the tone being explanatory and a little whimsical. The speaker is addressing one of his peers, us. In the first quatrain, the speaker speaks from a third person point of view in general terms and gives us two images. The first image is our typical perception of a physician, the second image is what a musician would hear, not a physician. The last sentence of the quatrain reflects our

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Approximate Word count = 584
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)