Analysis of Wine Bibber
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
I would rather drink than eat,
And though I superbly sup,
Food, I feel, can never beat
Delectation of the cup.
Wine it is that crowns the feast;
Fish and fowl and fancy meat
Are of my delight the least:
I would rather drink than eat.
Though no Puritan I be,
And have doubts of Kingdom Come,
With those fellows I agree
Who deplore the Demon Rum.
Gin and brandy I decline,
And I shy at whisky neat;
But give me rare vintage wine,--
Gad! I'd rather drink than eat.
Food surfeit is of the beast;
Wine is from the gods a gift.
All from prostitute to priest
Can attest to its uplift.
Green and garnet glows the vine;
Grapes grow plump in happy heat;
Gold and ruby winks the wine . . .
Come! Let's rather drink than eat.
Scheme | AbabcacA dedefafa cgcgfafa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 0111001 1111101 1101 1111101 1010101 1110101 1110111 1110011 0111101 1110101 1010101 1010101 0111101 1111101 1110111 1101101 1110101 111011 1011110 1010101 1110101 1010101 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 815 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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