This is an analysis of the poem The Dregs Of Love that begins with:

Think you that I will drain the dregs of Love,
I who have quaffed the sweetness on its brink?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1111010101 11110010101 1101110101 1001011101 111111110010 101011110101 11010101010 1101001101 1111001001 10110100101 1111111001 1111011101 1111011101 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 647
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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