This is an analysis of Don'T Drink by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Don't drink, boys, don't!
There is nothing of happiness, pleasure, or cheer,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AbbccA DeeaXbXD eccffgae AXXhhA Ga hXbbGaX
- Stanza lengths: 6,8,8,6,2,7,
- Metre: 1111 101001001011 01001001111 011111111001 01111001001 1111 11001 111111001001 101001111101 111011 1 1001 011111110010 11001 1111 00101011101 101001111101 001111000001 101001101001 11 1 1 11111 11111101011 11011011001 11101001001 111001011001 11111 111 1 00101101101 11111001111 101001001011 001001011011 111 1
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
in, and
Anaphora
and, don't