This is an analysis of the poem Lydia Pinkham that begins with:

CHORUS
We'll drink a drink adrink...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbacCaa dddcccbc efggCgg a XfcXCac hhidCXc a ffcgcic cijfCcj a ceXbi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,7,1,7,7,1,7,7,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 110110 010010101 0100 010101 1010 010010 11010 01001 11010 010110 010110 0101101 010011 0010010 1101 0001 11010111011 111010 1111100111 1111 010010 1111 1001 10 1010 01010 111000111 11010 0010010 11111 11001 1011 11011 101010111 11010 0010010 11111 101 10 1010 10111100110 1111011101001010111 1111 010011110 1111 1101 101 11010 101110111 1100 010010 1010 101 10 100110010010010 1001010111001 110111011100001 11010011000101101 0111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; pink, he, t, wo, c are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, was are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines he is repeated).

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