This is an analysis of the poem Drunken Morning that begins with:

Oh, my Beautiful! Oh, my Good!
Hideous fanfare where yet I do not stumble! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXacdefgffbdXadeeXcefcfXegXX Xc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110 100111111110 110100 101101100101 10100101011 001001001011001 010010111011010001 10101100100 111111100110 1110101101101010 1011111011010 110110 10010100 1100100110100110 0100100100 111110011011 0010010011010 1111010001010100 01000100001 10010010011100010 10010110101 0100010000101 0010101001101 01001011 1010101 0101011111 1010101110011101 110110110 111010 101110101001 100001010 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 695
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; oh, that, of, it, and, in, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, we are repeated.

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  • summary of Drunken Morning;
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