This is an analysis of the poem Drinking Song that begins with:

DRINK to-day, and drown all sorrow,
You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbXX aXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 1101110011 11110111 10110101 11011101 10111110 010111110 101101010 11111111 11110100 111001110 100110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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