The Remedy Worse Than The Disease

Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721



I sent for Ratcliffe, was so ill,
That other doctors gave me over,
He felt my pulse, prescribed his pill,
And I was likely to recover.

But when the wit began to wheeze,
And wine had warm'd the politician,
Cured yesterday of my disease,
I died last night of my physician.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 02, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 271
Words 53
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

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