This is an analysis of the poem A Rhine-Land Drinking Song that begins with:

If our own life is the life of a flower
(And that's what some sages are thinking),... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaXbBB cbXccbBB bbXddbBB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110010010 111110110 111001001101 1111010 110100 110 110 110 0001110010 110111010 111001001111 110110 111110 010 110 110 0011110010 110010110 001101101010 101010 110010 010 110 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length 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; drinking, wining, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word if 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 drinking, wining are repeated).

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  • summary of A Rhine-Land Drinking Song;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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