Analysis of Dylan
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
And is it not a gesture grand
To drink oneself to death?
Oh sure 'tis I can understand,
Being of sober breath.
And so I do not sing success,
But dirge the damned who fall,
And who contempt for life express
Through alcohol.
Of Stephen Foster and of Poe,
Of Burns and Wilde I think;
And weary men who dared to go
The wanton way of drink.
Strange mortals blind to bitter blame,
And deaf to loud delight,
Who from the shades of sin and shame
Enstar our night.
Among those dupes of destiny
Add D.T. to my list,
Although his verse you may agree
Leaves one in mental mist . . .
Oh ye mad poets, loth of life,
Who peace in death divine,
Pass not by pistol, poison, knife,--
Drown, drown in wine!
Scheme | ABABCXCX DEDEFGFG HIHIJKJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110101 11111 1111101 101101 01111101 110111 01011101 110 11010011 110111 01011111 010111 11011101 011101 11011101 1101 01111100 11111 1111101 110101 11110111 110101 11110101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 747 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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