Analysis of The Alcoholic Albatross
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Brothers, what are we to think
When we muse upon strong drink?
Is it bad or is it good?
Is it poison or is it food?
Albatrosses, so say some,
Find great benefit in rum,
And, in gratitude for nips,
Bring fair winds to troubled ships.
Others say the cocktail shaker
Is a noted trouble maker;
And declare that men stir up
Woe in every claret-cup.
But, so far as I'm concerned,
I may say I've never learned
Whether alcohol, in place,
Benefits the human race.
Take your choice. If you should think
Drink is good, why, have a drink;
But, if you are at a loss,
Give it to some albatross.
Scheme | AAXX BBCC DDEE FFGG AAXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1011111 1110111 1111111 11101111 100111 1110001 001011 1111101 1010110 10101010 0011111 1010011 1111101 1111101 101001 1000101 1111111 1111101 1111101 111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 571 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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