Analysis of Let’s go Drinking
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
The joy of your presence fills my heart
Whenever you draw near
Your presence comes; my fear subsides
Because you see me here
Between Kadesh and Bered
Lies a well out in the desert
I often go to drink from it
Because it brings me pleasure
The well is deep; the water pure
It gives me time to think
I think of all the things you’ve done
And take another drink
Beer Lahai Roi is not another craft concoction
And you can’t find it in a pub
Its never sold at auctions
So, when I want to go out drinking
I jump in my car
Because I’m going to the well
And not some dingy bar
Scheme | AXXX AXXX XBCB CXX XDXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011110111 010111 11011101 011111 01101 10110010 11011111 0111110 01110101 111111 11110111 010101 111110101010 01111001 1101110 111111110 11011 01110101 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 577 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on March 21, 2022
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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