Invocation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDBEE FGGHHH IJIKKKK BKBKKEBEE| Ha ha gods and kings fill high one and all | A |
| Drink drink shout and drink mad respond to | B |
| the call | A |
| Fill fast and fill full 'gainst the goblet ne'er | C |
| sin | D |
| Quaff there at high tide to the uttermost | B |
| rim | E |
| Flood tide and soul tide to the brim | E |
| - | |
| Who with wine in him fears who thinks of his | F |
| cares | G |
| Who sighs to be wise when wine in him flares | G |
| Water sinks down below in currents full slow | H |
| But wine mounts on high with its genial glow | H |
| Welling up till the brain overflow | H |
| - | |
| As the spheres with a roll some fiery of soul | I |
| Others golden with music revolve round the | J |
| pole | I |
| So let our cups radiant with many hued wines | K |
| Round and round in groups circle our Zodiac's | K |
| Signs | K |
| Round reeling and ringing their chimes | K |
| - | |
| Then drink gods and kings wine merriment | B |
| brings | K |
| It bounds through the veins there jubilant | B |
| sings | K |
| Let it ebb then and flow wine never grows | K |
| dim | E |
| Drain down that bright tide at the foam beaded | B |
| rim | E |
| Fill up every cup to the brim | E |
Herman Melville
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