This is an analysis of the poem The Goblet Of Life that begins with:
Filled is Life's goblet to the brim;
And though my eyes with tears are dim,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaab ccXcd eeeee ffXfe ggggh ffffh iiiij bbbdj eeeei hhhhi klklf mmmmf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10110001 11110111 110100101 11010101 010111 110101101 01010111 110010100 11011101 110101 010101001 01010111 10110001 11010101 110101 11010101 010001011 111101100 10010111 110101 010101010 010001010 101100111 110001010 110001 01111101 11010111 10001101 11110101 010101 10110101 01110100 11010101 10110101 111111 11111101 110100101 11010101 01011101 111101 01011111 111111001 01001101 11100101 010101 11010101 01111101 11000101 11000101 110101 110010100 11010111 10010100 10110101 101101 11100101 11010101 01001101 001010001 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, o, the are repeated.
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