This is an analysis of the poem Go Fetch To Me A Pint that begins with:

Go fetch to me a pint o wine,
And fill it in a silver tassie; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXaXa Xabababa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11000101 11110111 01001110 01110111 110111010 01110101 11111110 01010101 010011110 01111101 010101110 01011111 111101010 11111101 01011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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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