This is an analysis of the poem To A Young Lady, With A Bottle Of Irish Usquebaugh that begins with:

In spite of all that poets tell us
(For poets are but lying fellows)...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaccddaaaaeeffffgghhXi Xjfffeekkjjllffmmgg eebbeeffllaaiiaaffgmnn mmggffeejjXkddaaabffXkllbbffhh ggkk bbbbddlliXffggffeeXXbboojjeeiX eefffmmffffaaffffddeekkXjeell fXbXiikkccXlkllgmddeellffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,19,22,30,4,30,29,27,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111011 110111010 01011101 11011001 11010101 11010101 11011101 11010111 11011101 101011100 111111011 111101010 111101010 111111010 110111010 111101010 011101110 111101010 11011111 11111011 11110011 01111101 01111101 01111101 110101010 110111010 01010101 01010111 11010101 10010101 11011101 010101010 1101001010 1111000110 110111010 111100111 01010101 11010101 01010101 1101010010 110101010 11111101 01011111 111101110 010101110 110101001 110100111 01110101 01010101 110101001 11000101 01010101 11010101 01110001 01010101 01011101 01110101 01011111 10010101 11011101 11111101 100111011 1111001010 100101011 11110101 110101010 110111110 11010101 11011111 011111010 111001010 11010111 11111111 110101010 110001010 0101001100 110101110 01111101 11010101 100110101 01110101 11111111 11001111 110111010 010101010 110101011 101111110 11011111 110100101 110111110 1111001110 11010101 01110111 010111011 111101010 011101001 1100111001 110111010 111101010 10011101 110101001 11001111 11010001 11010101 11111111 11011101 11110101 110011101 11111111 11110101 11010101 11011101 11010101 1100111011 11010101 11110101 11111101 111100110 110101110 11010101 11010101 11110101 01010101 10111101 11011101 101101101 11111101 11010101 11110101 110111010 111111010 01101101 01111111 11010101 110111010 010101110 111111010 0101001010 111101010 010101010 11110111 11110001 111101010 111111110 110111111 1111011111 11111111 11110001 011101010 111111010 111111010 1001111010 1101010010 1110011010 110111010 111101110 11010111 11111101 10000101 11110010 110111101 01000100 11111001 11110101 110111110 111111010 11111101 111110011 11010101 010101010 01010111 11010101 11010101 11010100 11010101 01001101 01010101 01000101 110011101 1111101 01110001 11111101 01011111 111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 757
  • Average number of words per stanza: 137
  • Amount of lines: 184
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, as, my, what, of, her, i, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to, my, what, thy are repeated.

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