This is an analysis of the poem A Song. If Wine And Music Have The Power that begins with:
If wine and music have the power
To ease the sickness of the soul, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc dcdceded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101010 01010001 110100101 11010101 10110101 0111101 11110001 01000111 11010001 10010101 11011101 111100101 110011010 11010101 110111010 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; thy is repeated.
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