Analysis of A drinking song
W. B Yeats 1865 (Ireland)
WINE comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That’s all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.
| Scheme | ABCBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 0110101 1111111 0111101 1101111 1111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 173 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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