This is an analysis of the poem Drinking Song, On The Excellence Of Burgundy Wine that begins with:

My jolly fat host with your face all a-grin,
Come, open the door to us, let us come in....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXaa bXbbaaa cXccddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011101 11001011110 01011011011 01111111111 1010 1111 01111111001 101001011001 11101001011 01001101001 101001101001 111001 101001 001101001001 11111011111 1111101010 101111101111 001001101001 1001 1001 1001001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; his, and, of are repeated.

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