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),…
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