Analysis of Invocation
Herman Melville 1819 – 1891
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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