Analysis of The Three Drinkers
Robert Graves 1895 (Wimbledon) – 1985 (Deià)
Blacksmith Green had three strong sons,
With bread and beef did fill 'em,
Now John and Ned are perished and dead,
But plenty remains of William.
John Green was a whiskey drinker,
The Land of Cakes supplied him,
Till at last his soul flew out by the hole
That the fierce drink burned inside him.
Ned Green was a water drinker,
And, Lord, how Ned would fuddle!
He rotted away his mortal clay
Like an old boot thrown in a puddle.
Will Green was a wise young drinker,
Shrank from whiskey or water,
But he made good cheer with headstrong beer,
And married an alderman's daughter.
Scheme | XXXX ABCB ACXX AAXA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
Metre | 111111 1101111 110111001 11001110 11101010 0111011 1111111101 10111011 11101010 011111 110011101 111110010 11101110 1110110 11111111 0101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 567 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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