This is an analysis of Anacreontic by Thomas Moore.

Press the grape, and let it pour
Around the board its purple shower:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 1011101 010101010 11011101 11010101 11111101 101111101 11111101 11010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

weep, on

Anadiplosis

weep