Analysis of Give Me Women, Wine, and Snuff
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
GIVE me women, wine, and snuff
Untill I cry out "hold, enough!"
You may do so sans objection
Till the day of resurrection:
For, bless my beard, they aye shall be
My beloved Trinity.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 1110101 1111101 11111010 1011010 11111111 101100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 189 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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