Analysis of Invocation



Ha, ha, gods and kings; fill high, one and all;
Drink, drink! shout and drink! mad respond to
the call!
Fill fast, and fill full; 'gainst the goblet ne'er
sin;
Quaff there, at high tide, to the uttermost
rim:--
Flood-tide, and soul-tide to the brim!

Who with wine in him fears? who thinks of his
cares?
Who sighs to be wise, when wine in him flares?
Water sinks down below, in currents full slow;
But wine mounts on high with its genial glow:--
Welling up, till the brain overflow!

As the spheres, with a roll, some fiery of soul,
Others golden, with music, revolve round the
pole;
So let our cups, radiant with many hued wines,
Round and round in groups circle, our Zodiac's
Signs:--
Round reeling, and ringing their chimes!

Then drink, gods and kings; wine merriment
brings;
It bounds through the veins; there, jubilant
sings.
Let it ebb, then, and flow; wine never grows
dim;
Drain down that bright tide at the foam beaded
rim:--
Fill up, every cup, to the brim!


Scheme abaxxbCc deefff gxghdhx bixixcxCc
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Metre 1110111101 111011011 01 1101110101 1 11111101 1 11011101 1110111111 1 1111111011 10110101011 1111111101 10110110 101101110011 10101100110 1 1110110011011 1010110101 1 11001011 1110111 1 111011100 1 1111011101 1 1111110110 1 111001101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 944
Words 180
Sentences 12
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 6, 7, 9
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 182
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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