This is an analysis of the poem That's That Liquor Talking that begins with:

It is difficult to feel a sustained love felt,
24/7....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbccd eaffegaaXha gXXhbbX XiX XjX iijX de X jbh iaX aX bbXccXXXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,11,7,3,3,4,2,1,3,3,2,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001000100111 1 0110010010010 001010100100 1010100010101 1010000101001 11010111101 010111001 110101110110 110101001010 011110100010 101001011 011010100 1110010101 001001 1101110101 1110101011001 11110101001 1100101111 11010010 01011011101 00101001 01101011011 010111100101000 10 111010011111 011010101 11 11101 111110101 110111101 1111001111 00001101 11101011 111010110 11101011111 111 11101 110101011111 01001111101 101 1111 11100111 010110101 10101 1011001001 11 1001010101100 010101 01101010 111101 101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, love, you, they, i, and are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.

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  • summary of That's That Liquor Talking;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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