This is an analysis of the poem Drink Deep that begins with:

Never twice in the world you find,
A lad whose heart is the gold you spend,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabBcdcdbB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10100111 011100111 101101101 1010100111 111101111 111100111 11110111 111100101 1110101101 110100101 1101110101 111100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 494
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; one, of are repeated.

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

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

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