This is an analysis of the poem Nationality In Drinks that begins with:

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My heart sank with our Claret-flask,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXbXcc X dedecc fgfgXXghghhggiii eajjkkllmmggiXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,16,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11101101 110101010 11011111 111101010 1011101010 101111110 1 11010101 110111110 11110101 110111110 011011110 110011010 11101110 10101010 100111110 1101001010 111111101 1001001001 1011001010 100100111 100111010 100100101 11011001101 10110010010 110111111010 11001110010 1101101010 1010111010 1010100 101011111 1110101 11010101 10110101 1100010111 110101001 1110001011 11110111 110111101 111110110010 01011011010 11101011010 1010011110 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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