This is an analysis of the poem The Spirit Of Wine that begins with:
The Spirit of Wine
Sang in my glass, and I listened... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcd edaXfghiX jdkXah Xjggakfeb jaXXiXXAhcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,6,9,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 10111110 010010010 01101001 111111111 1111010 010011001 101011001 1010010 111011001 010010010 0100100010 01001001 111111110 11110110 1111101 1110100 10111110 1101001 111111111 1110110 01011001 11111101 011010001 10101111 1000101 0010011001 11011101 110111110 1111001 1111111 111011 11100100 111101110 01001 10111110 0010110010 001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 38
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, ye, and, his, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, ye, i are repeated.
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