This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of Right And Wrong that begins with:

Feast on wine or fast on water
And your honour shall stand sure, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcded ccacXfcf ghXhgcgc ecXcceae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 1110111 11001110 1010101 01101010 1110101 11101010 1110101 10101110 0110100 01000010 1110001 10101010 1011101 11101110 1010111 11111010 0010011 10001110 1000101 10001010 1010111 11101010 0011111 11101010 1011101 101101000 1010001 11111110 1011011 10111010 1001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more 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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