Analysis of Gin, Tonic and Panic
Give me gin
For my soul,
Lemon for my lips
And plenty of ice for
My heart,
Tonic to the dead!
The wailing and banging,
It is not a performance
You hear, it is only
The sirens in my head.
I am here hanged dead!
Inside my own head.
K@42
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIFFFJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 111 10111 010111 11 10101 010010 1110010 111110 010011 11111 01111 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 236 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 176 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Written on June 23, 2019
Submitted by Poetry@80 on March 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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