This is an analysis of the poem Inebriety that begins with:

The mighty spirit, and its power, which stains
The bloodless cheek, and vivifies the brains,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXcddXace cffbbaaggaadX dddaaccaaddhhiihhaaXdbbccffccddaaddggaaXaaajjkkbbccaallmmddccggddddkkcXaaaaaaXXffnnccddj hhkkddahffhhggooddddffggccbbXhaaaaaaaaaaXcddnnddhhaaddiikkXhiinnaaccddaaaXffppddhXccffnnkkffkkhhddahkkhhddnnddddcccahccffccaXqqllccenjjppkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,13,88,183,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01010101011 0101110001 11110100101 01001010111 1001010101 1101011101 11110100101 0111011101 1101010110 0101010101 0111110101 111111110 1 0101010101 1101010101 0111010101 1101110101 1011010101 1011110101 0101110101 1111010101 0101110101 1101010111 1001011101 111111010 1 01001110101 1101010101 01001010101 0101010101 1101010101 0101010101 0101110101 1101010001 10010101001 1101011101 01010010101 0101001101 1011010101 11100100101 10011010101 1001011101 1011010101 1110010101 11010100110 0101001101 0111110101 11011110101 0101001101 110011100101 1101010101 1101010001 10010100101 1001010111 1111011001 1001010111 1001011001 11010100101 11010101001 0101110101 1011010101 0101000101 101110100101 10001110101 01010101010 1101010101 1101010111 1101010101 0111110101 1111111001 01010010101 0101000101 0101010101 1111110101 1111011101 0101010001 01011100101 1101011101 1101011101 0101110101 11010100101 0101111111 1010000101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1001010101 11010101001 0101011101 1101010101 01010101001 11010010101 111110101001 1101011101 10010111001 01001010110 01011101001 1011111101 11010110111 0101000101 110000111 1101110101 1001001101 01001010111 0111010101 01001011101 0111010101 0101001101 0101010101 1011110001 1110010101 01010011001 101101010 1 1101010100 01010101001 0110010101 0111010101 0111010101 1101111101 1101001101 1010010101 0101010111 10110110001 1101110101 1111010101 0101010001 1101010101 01010111001 11010010101 0101110101 1101010101 1101111111 1110010101 1111011101 1101001101 1101010101 1101101101 1111001111 1101011101 1101010111 1111010010 1111010100 01001010101 0111010111 01010100101 1101110101 0101110101 1111110001 1001010101 1111010101 0101010101 1101110101 0101011110 1101010101 1101010101 1101000101 1101001101 1111110101 1101110111 1101011101 1101110101 1101011101 0101111111 0111011111 1101010101 1101110101 1101111101 010100101001 0111110001 0101111001 0101011110 1111010101 0101010111 1101001101 1000110101 0101010101 0101010101 1100010101 010010100101 01001110101 0101010101 1101000101 11001010101 10001010011 1011110001 1101000110 0101010101 1101010101 010101010010 11010101010 1101010111 1111010111 10110110011 01111101100 1101010101 1101010101 01010101010 10110101010 1010010101 1101010101 11010101001 1101010110 01010011001 1101010101 0111000101 1101011011 11111010101 11001110101 1111000101 1101110001 1101001111 1011000111 1101011101 0101010101 1011010111 0101010101 1101010001 1101000101 11110110101 110010011001 01110100111 1101011101 11100101001 11010011101 1101011101 0111010001 1111010101 11110100101 1101010101 0111010111 101010100101 1111010101 1101010101 10110000101 1111010001 10101101001 110100101100 11010101001 0101000111 101101100011 1111010101 0111010101 1101011101 1101010110 1111011111 1111101101 0101010101 11010101010 11011101010 1001001101 1001010101 1111010101 1101110101 0101110101 11110101010 1111111101 1101110101 1101010101 1101010101 1111010101 1101010101 1001010101 1101010101 10111101111 11011101110 0101010101 0101110101 0101110111 1011010101 0111010101 1101010101 1101010111 01001010101 1111011101 0111010111 01011110101 01010111101 0101100101 0101110011 01010011001 01011111001 0101110101 0101110101 11110100101 01001010101 11111101 01 1101010011 1101110101 1101010101 1111110111 0101000101 1111011111 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2535
  • Average number of words per stanza: 444
  • Amount of lines: 295
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, their, his, still, her, in, or, too are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, of, who, some, too are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Inebriety;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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