This is an analysis of Alcohol's Requiem Upon Prof. P. F. K., A Gifted Man, Who Died A Victim Of Strong Drink by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Ho! ho! Father Death! I have won you another!
Another grand soul I have ruined and taken;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbdd bcbcaa Xefeff gdbdgg
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 111011111010 010111110110 11110101010 1111111110010 110110111010 111011111110 11101111111 11111110110 110010011010 1011011010110 111010010010 1111111110110 111011111110 0101110011 11110110111 11110110111 1111110110 110110111010 111010110110 11111111010 10110011010 1110011010010 11111101011 10111011111
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 27
Repeated words/phrases
i, and
Anaphora
gaze
Epiphora
him
Anadiplosis
another
