This is an analysis of the poem Scotch Drink that begins with:
Let other poets raise a fracas
Bout vines, and wines, an drucken Bacchus,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabab cXcXcd eeeeXe Xffgfg XXXhXh iiXjij fffefe aXXfaf eeXkek lXXXlX jXjXjX mmmdmd hhhjhj eeXaea nnnonX jjXjjj ppXepe aaaoaX mmXXmX aoaXooXjjjmjm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101010 111111010 110111011 1111 110111111 0111 11111111 10110111 11011101 01001 01111111 0111 11010101 1111111 111111011 0101 11111100 1111 11110101 0110111 110000101 1111 11111111 1111 110111110 110111100 110111110 1111 011111110 1101 11011101 11011101 11011111 11101 1110101 1101 11010101 1101111 11010111 0111 01110101 1101 11011101 11101111 11010101 11010 11010101 11010 110111010 11011101 110101110 01110 110111010 11010 11010101 11010111 11011111 11101 11001111 11001 11011111 011101 111001101 011000 1111111 11010 11010101 11010101 11011101 1101 1110101 1110 11010101 11111110 11010101 01010 01010101 01010 1011011110 010100110 11101110 1101 110001010 101001 11110101 11110111 11011101 1101 11011101 0011 11111101 11011111 11010110 0111 11010101 1101 11010101 11011111 1101101 11001 11011101 1101 11011111 010101001 110111001 11110 11110111 11010 11001101 10011101 11011101 1111 11010101 0110 111101101 11010111 11111111 11010 11010101 11110 10011111 11011101 11110110 1101 11011111 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 126
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o' is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an, thou, ye are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Scotch Drink;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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