This is an analysis of the poem Drinking Song that begins with:
There are people, I know, to be found,
Who say, and apparently think, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cdcd adad aeae fcfc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111011001 11101001 11011101 101001001 111101011 11001001 101001101 01001001 111001001 11011101 001011101 1010001111 11011001 001001001 01001001 101101011 01011011 111111101 111011111 011010001 111111001 011010001 111101011 111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; your, or are repeated.
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