Analysis of Away The Bowl
John Pierpont 1785 (Litchfield) – 1866 (Medford)
Our grateful hearts with temperance burn,
Away, away the bowl,
From dram shops all, our steps we turn,
Away, away the bowl;
Farewell to rum and all its harms,
Farewell the wine-cup's boasted charms,
Away the bowl, away the bowl, away, away the bowl.
See how that staggering drunkard reels!
Away, away the bowl;
Alas, the misery he reveals,
Away, away the bowl;
His children grieve, his wife's in tears!
How sad his once bright home appears!
Away the bowl, away the bowl, away, away the bowl.
We drink no more, nor buy nor sell,
Away, away the bowl!
The grog-shop's offers we repel,
Away, away the bowl.
United in a temperance band,
We 're joined in heart, we 're joined in hand,
Away the bowl, away the bowl, away, away the bowl.
| Scheme | aBaBccB dBdBxxB eBeBffB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010111001 010101 111110111 010101 1110111 1011101 01010101010101 111100101 010101 010100101 010101 11011101 11111101 01010101010101 11111111 010101 01110101 010101 010001001 1110111101 01010101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 717 |
| Words | 135 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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