This is an analysis of the poem Alcohol's Requiem Upon Prof. P. F. K., A Gifted Man, Who Died A Victim Of Strong Drink that begins with:
Ho! ho! Father Death! I have won you another!
Another grand soul I have ruined and taken;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdd bcbcaa Xefeff gdbdgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011111010 010111110110 11110101010 1111111110010 110110111010 111011111110 11101111111 11111110110 110010011010 1011011010110 111010010010 1111111110110 111011111110 0101110011 11110110111 11110110111 1111110110 110110111010 111010110110 11111111010 10110011010 1110011010010 11111101011 10111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word gaze is repeated.
The author used the same word ho at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase another connects the lines.
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