This is an analysis of the poem Get Drunk that begins with:

Always be drunk.
That's it!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXdXXbXaXeXfXgCHGAddddedgCHGAXafaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 10 010100 010101 11010 1110 1010001 111111 11 1110010110 111 1010110011 10100010 0011001 00101000111 1100111010 101 01 01 01 01 110111 10111 11 11 10111 11100 101 01 01 01 01 0101 10011 1010101 11 11 11101001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 774
  • Average number of words per stanza: 137
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, in, the, or are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines drunk is repeated).

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  • summary of Get Drunk;
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