This is an analysis of A Rhine-Land Drinking Song by Eugene Field.

If our own life is the life of a flower
(And that's what some sages are thinking),…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaXbBB cbXccbBB bbXddbBB
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 01110010010 111110110 111001001101 1111010 110100 110 110 110 0001110010 110111010 111001001111 110110 111110 010 110 110 0011110010 110010110 001101101010 101010 110010 010 110 110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

drinking, wining, and

Anaphora

and

Epiphora

drinking, wining