Analysis of To A Jar Of Wine
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
O gracious jar,--my friend, my twin,
Born at the time when I was born,--
Whether tomfoolery you inspire
Or animate with love's desire,
Or flame the soul with bitter scorn,
Or lull to sleep, O jar of mine!
Come from your place this festal day;
Corvinus hither wends his way,
And there's demand for wine!
Corvinus is the sort of man
Who dotes on tedious argument.
An advocate, his ponderous pate
Is full of Blackstone and of Kent;
Yet not insensible is he,
O genial Massic flood! to thee.
Why, even Cato used to take
A modest, surreptitious nip
At meal-times for his stomach's sake,
Or to forefend la grippe.
How dost thou melt the stoniest hearts,
And bare the cruel knave's design;
How through thy fascinating arts
We discount Hope, O gracious wine!
And passing rich the poor man feels
As through his veins thy affluence steals.
Now, prithee, make us frisk and sing,
And plot full many a naughty plot
With damsels fair--nor shall we care
Whether school keeps or not!
And whilst thy charms hold out to burn
We shall not deign to go to bed,
But we shall paint creation red;
So, fill, sweet wine, this friend of mine,--
My lawyer friend, as aforesaid.
Scheme | XAXXABCCB XXXXDDEFEF GBGBHH XIXIXJJBJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 11011111 101101 110011010 11011101 11111111 1111111 110111 010111 110111 111100100 110011001 1111011 11010011 1101111 11010111 0100101 1111111 11111 1111011 01010101 1111001 10111101 01010111 111111001 1111101 011100101 1111111 101111 01111111 11111111 11110101 11111111 1101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,123 |
Words | 213 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 10, 6, 9 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 223 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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