This is an analysis of the poem Drunk Again that begins with:
Last year, when I lay sick,
I vowed...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 11 11010101 111111 1111 11 1010111 1111 1010111 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
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