This is an analysis of the poem Moderation In Diet that begins with:
The drunkard's sin, excess in wine,
Which reason drowns, and health destroys,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded ffff gaga gggg gfgf aaaa gaga fgfg dhdh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01011101 11011101 11110001 111111001 10011101 11110101 11011101 01010101 1100111001 11010101 01010111 11011111 11111101 11010111 00010101 10110111 01110001 01010001 110010101 10010111 01011001 10111101 01101101 01010011 010111001 01010111 11011101 110101001 110101010 01011101 111101010 01011101 10110101 010011101 11010101 01110101 11111011 111101001 11011101 11010101 11001101 01011101 11110101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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