This is an analysis of the poem The Absinthe Drinkers that begins with:
He's yonder, on the terrace of the Cafe de la Paix,
The little wizened Spanish man, I see him every day....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbccddeeffggddaX hheeeebbgX iXbbaabbdd iiaajjaX dXkkddggXXlX llhhiihhaXbXkXiiffmmXlXaXXmm aXlliijjijjaaiaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,10,10,8,12,28,16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010100001011 010101011111001 11000011010101 11010100010101 11010101011101 11010100010001 11010001110001 110001000101001 01001001010101 01010001010101 010101001110101 11010101110101 111111111100111 1101001010010101 11001011010111 01110101110101 11111101110101 11011101001011 11011111011101 11101011010101 11110100101001 11001101110101 11110101011001 11110101111001 01010001111101 01011111011011 10011000111011101 1101111101010100 11110111010101 1111000110111110 01010101010001 11000101010101 11110101111111 11110100110001 100101101011101 11110111110101 11010101110011 11011001111101 101010001100101 01011100110101 11010101111101 01110011010101 110101011001111 11010101011101 11010101110111 010100010010110 10101110010010001 110101111111010 010101011101001 10011101010101 10101110111101101 11011011110101 01010100110101 01001101110101 010101111111011 10011011011101101 11101100110111 110101010100010 11110101010101 101111001110001 11111101110101 01010101111001 110111011100101 01010101100101 11011101111101 10101110111011101 10111101111011 110101000010110 11011111010101 110101010110000 101111010011110101 11010101100100000 11111101110101 11010101010101 11111101110001 110101011101001 11011111011111 11011111011111 111110001111000 11011100010011 010101111111111 10111010110111111 11011101010101 111101001101010 01111101111111 11110101110101 11010101110101 01010100001011 11010101010101 01110101010001 110101010100111 11010001010001 11010001111111 111111011101001 11110111 110101 11010101011101 01010101010111 01010101010001 01010101 111101 11010100001011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 858
- Average number of words per stanza: 157
- Amount of lines: 102
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he's, his, from, and, he, to, my, i, you, with, would, got, i'm are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he's, and, his, i'm, i are repeated.
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- summary of The Absinthe Drinkers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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