This is an analysis of Drinking Song by James Kenneth Stephen.

There are people, I know, to be found,
Who say, and apparently think,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cdcd adad aeae fcfc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111011001 11101001 11011101 101001001 111101011 11001001 101001101 01001001 111001001 11011101 001011101 1010001111 11011001 001001001 01001001 101101011 01011011 111111101 111011111 011010001 111111001 011010001 111101011 111011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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