This is an analysis of the poem Written In A Collection Of Bacchanalian Songs that begins with:
Adieu, ye jovial Youths! who join
To plunge old Care in floods of wine;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ddee ffdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011100111 01110101 11110111 011100001 11011101 110111001 11011101 01111111 11110101 11011101 01011101 11110101 01010101 01110101 11010101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; yet is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.
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